ABSTRACT
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The League of Nations was the world’s first universal, intergovernmental organization (IGO) that was designed to “promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security.” The Covenant of the League of Nations comprised the first 26 articles of the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28 June 1919, formally ending World War I. Some 63 countries were members of the organization for at least part of its existence from 15 November 1920 to 8 April 1946, when it was replaced by the United Nations (UN). The US was one of a few countries, and certainly the most significant country, which never joined the League of Nations. The Soviet Union was a member of the League of Nations from 1934 until its expulsion from the organization in 1939.
