Failure of the League of Nations due to economic and structural issues

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1. The League of Nations failed due to structural and economic problems.

        The League of Nations, an international organization which promoted pace by means of diplomacy, was formed following the First World War during the Paris Peace Conference. Although world peace is appealing as an idea, structural inadequacies of the League and economic issues arising from the First World War prevented the organization in performing its duties. Structural problems crippled the League’s control over international security due to the various administrative approvals needed for a plan to turn into action. To further add to this issue, even when a plan was approved, quick action could not be taken as funds to implement it were hard to assemble during the economic downturn subsequent to the war; especially when taking into consideration the absence of major powers in the League – further adding to both structural and economic problems. Thus, structural and economic issues led to the failure of the League of Nations as it attempted to create world peace.

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        Firstly, the weak constitution (structure) of the League made it difficult for a consensus to be reached between the League members. The problem was that a unanimous decision had to be taken by the nine members of the League Council for a plan to take action. Some decisions even required the unanimous consent of the entire Assembly (every member of the League). These regulations (approvals) embedded in the structure of the League created extensive time lags between the recognition of the problem, reaching a consensus (administrative), and putting that consensus into operation. Adding to this issue, the League only met ...

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