After months of
deliberation the covenant of the League of Nations was prepared and made
public. The text of this covenant follows.
COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
[Sidenote: The purposes of the League.]
PREAMBLE--In order to promote international cooperation and to
secure international peace and security by the acceptance of obligations
not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just, and honorable
relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the
understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among
Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect
for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one
another, the Powers signatory to this covenant adopt this Constitution
of the League of Nations:
[Sidenote: A body of delegates.]
ARTICLE I.--The action of the high contracting parties under
the terms of this covenant shall be effected through the instrumentality
of a meeting of a body of delegates representing the high contracting
parties, of meetings at more frequent intervals of an Executive Council,
and of a permanent international secretariat to be established at the
seat of the League.
[Sidenote: Each high contracting party to have a vote.]
ART. II.--Meetings of the body of delegates shall be held at
stated intervals and from time to time, as occasion may require, for the
purpose of dealing with matters within the sphere of action of the
League.
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