April 20 in History
1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations
The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Founded on January 10, 1920, following the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War, it ceased operations on this day in 1946.
The organization’s primary goals, as stated in its Covenant, included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. Other issues in this and related treaties included labour conditions, just treatment of native inhabitants, human and drug trafficking, the arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe. The onset of the Second World War showed the League had failed its primary purpose, which was to prevent any future world war. The League lasted for 26 years; the United Nations (UN) replaced it after the end of the Second World War and inherited several agencies and organizations founded by the League.
-Wikipedia
Photo Caption – The first meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations took place on 15 November 1920 at the Salle de la Réformation in Geneva – National Library of Norway