The Covenant of The League of Nations

THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
(Including Amendments adopted to December, 1924)
The High Contracting Parties,

In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and
security, by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, …
Agree to this Covenant of the League of Nations.
ARTICLE 10
The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external
aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of
the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such
aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be
fulfilled.
ARTICLE 11
Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the Members of the
League or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the
League shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the
peace of nations. In case any such emergency should arise the Secretary General shall on
the request of any Member of the League forthwith summon a meeting of the Council. …
ARTICLE 12
The Members of the League agree that, if there should arise between them any dispute
likely to lead to a rupture they will submit the matter either to arbitration or judicial
settlement or to enquiry by the Council, and they agree in no case to resort to war until
three months after the award by the arbitrators or the judicial decision, or the report by
the Council. In any case under this Article the award of the arbitrators or the judicial
decision shall be made within a reasonable time, and the report of the Council shall be
made within six months after the submission of the dispute.
ARTICLE 13
The Members of the League agree that whenever any dispute shall arise between them
which they recognise to be suitable for submission to arbitration or judicial settlement
and which cannot be satisfactorily settled by diplomacy, they will submit the whole
subject-matter to arbitration or judicial settlement. …
ARTICLE 15
If there should arise between Members of the League any dispute likely to lead to a
rupture, which is not submitted to arbitration or judicial settlement in accordance with
Article 13, the Members of the League agree that they will submit the matter to the
Council. …
ARTICLE 16
Should any Member of the League resort to war in disregard of its covenants under
Articles 12, 13 or 15, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war
against all other Members of the League, which hereby undertake immediately to subject
it to the severance of all trade or financial relations, the prohibition of all intercourse
between their nationals and the nationals of the covenant-breaking State, and the
prevention of all financial, commercial or personal intercourse between the nationals of
the covenant-breaking State and the nationals of any other State, whether a Member of
the League or not.
It shall be the duty of the Council in such case to recommend to the several Governments
concerned what effective military, naval or air force the Members of the League shall
severally contribute to the armed forces to be used to protect the covenants of the League.
The Members of the League agree, further, that they will mutually support one another in
the financial and economic measures which are taken under this Article, in order to
minimise the loss and inconvenience resulting from the above measures, and that they
will mutually support one another in resisting any special measures aimed at one of their
number by the covenant-breaking State, and that they will take the necessary steps to
afford passage through their territory to the forces of any of the Members of the League
which are co-operating to protect the covenants of the League.
Any Member of the League which has violated any covenant of the League may be
declared to be no longer a Member of the League by a vote of the Council concurred in
by the Representatives of all the other Members of the League represented thereon.

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The High Contracting Parties,

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