League of Nations Mandate

League of Nations mandates were territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919. Upon the entry into force of the Charter of the United Nations in late 1945, the mandates of the League of Nations became United Nations Trust Territories, as agreed earlier in Yalta Conference.

Related Topics:
League of Nations - Covenant of the League of Nations - 28 June - 1919 - Charter of the United Nations - 1945 - United Nations Trust Territories - Yalta Conference

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All the territories subject to League of Nations mandates were previously controlled by states defeated in World War I, principally Imperial Germany and the Ottoman Empire. The mandates were fundamentally different from protectorates in that the Mandatory power undertook obligations to the inhabitants of the territory and to the League of Nations.

Related Topics:
World War I - Imperial Germany - Ottoman Empire - Protectorate

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The process of establishing the mandates consisted of two phases:

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• the formal removal of sovereignty of the previously controlling states
• the transfer of mandatory powers to individual states among the Allied Powers.

The exact level of control by the Mandatory power over each mandate was decided on an individual basis by the League of Nations. However, in every case the Mandatory power was forbidden to construct fortifications or raise an army within the mandate and was required to present an annual report on the territory to the League of Nations.

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Despite this, mandates were seen as de facto colonies of the empires of the victor nations.

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