ABSTRACT
The idea of creating a subsidiary military organ alongside the main decision-making body of an international organization was already on the table during the planning work that led to the creation of the League of Nations. The role of the Military Staff Committee (MSC), as the British saw it, was to provide to the Council an advice of a military nature given by member states in a collegial and collective way. This committee would therefore be composed only of the permanent members of the Security Council; other troop-contributing countries could have a voice in relation to their contribution and therefore be associated with the work of the committee. The primary function of this committee was to prepare and update the plans developed for the prevention of further aggression by Germany or Japan or any other state. The committee should, if necessary, also be responsible for the co-ordination of the national forces placed at the disposal of the organization.
