Geneva Protocol (1924)
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The Geneva Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes was adopted by all 47 members of the League of Nations
on 2 October 1924.
The Geneva Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes envisaged wide-ranging regulations to bring about general disarmament, effective international security and the compulsory arbitration of disputes. In the Geneva Protocol the member states had declared themselves “ready to consent to important limitations of their sovereignty in favor of the League of Nations” (Wehberg). After it had been approved on 2 October 1924 by all the 47 member states of the League of Nations at the 5th General Assembly, however, it was not ratified by Great Britain the following year under the newly elected government of Stanley Baldwin
, with Austen Chamberlain
as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (from 1924 to 1929). The Protocol subsequently failed to materialize.
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
on 2 October 1924.
The Geneva Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes envisaged wide-ranging regulations to bring about general disarmament, effective international security and the compulsory arbitration of disputes. In the Geneva Protocol the member states had declared themselves “ready to consent to important limitations of their sovereignty in favor of the League of Nations” (Wehberg). After it had been approved on 2 October 1924 by all the 47 member states of the League of Nations at the 5th General Assembly, however, it was not ratified by Great Britain the following year under the newly elected government of Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
, with Austen Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...
as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (from 1924 to 1929). The Protocol subsequently failed to materialize.
External links
- Text of the protocol
- Text of British Cabinet resolution of March 2, 1925 not to ratify the protocol, from the UK National Archives
- Report made by Imperial Defence Committee, recommending to the UK government not to ratify the Geneva Protocol, from UK National Archives (A book about the agreement by David Hunter MillerDavid Hunter MillerDavid Hunter Miller was a U.S. lawyer and an expert on treaties who participated in the drafting of the covenant of the League of Nations...
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