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title: "League of Nations Established"
year: 1920
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# League of Nations Established

> The League of Nations became the first permanent international organization devoted to collective security, though ultimately hamstrung by U.S. absence and great-power rivalries.

## Summary

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organisation ceased operations on 18 April 1946 when many of its components were relocated into the new United Nations (UN) which was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. The League of Nations was the precursor organisation to the United Nations.

## Sources

- [League of Nations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations) - Wikipedia

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