Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02
|REVSED COVENANT Of LEAGUE Of
NATIONS NOW BEFORE CONFERENCE
Document Designed to Promote International Cooperation
and to Achieve International Peace and Security With
out Resort to War.
FOR CLEARER UNDERSTANDINGS or INTERNATIONAL LAW
The High Contracting Parties Agree in This Covenant to Main
tain Scrupulous Respect for All Treaty Obligations
in AL Their Dealings With One Another

number Of members OF the league to
be selected by the assembly for rep.
resentation on the council.
The council shall meet from time
to time as occasion may require and
at least once year, at the seat OF
the league, or at such other place as
may be decided upon.
The council may deal at its meet
ings with any matter within the
sphere Of action Of the league or at.
fecting the peace Of the world.
Any member Of the league not rep
resented on the council shall be In.
vited to send representative to sit
as a member at any meeting Of the
council during the consideration OF
matters specifically affecting the In.
terests Of that member Of the league.
At meetings of the council, each
member Of the league represented on
the council shall have one vote and
may have not more than one repres.
entative.
(This embodies that part Of the
original article three designating the
original members OF the council The
paragraph providing for increase in
the membership of the council is new.)
Article Five.
Except where otherwise expressly
provided in this covenant, decisions
at any meeting Of the assembly or OF
the council shall require the agree
ment Of all the members Of the league
represented at the meeting.
All matters of procedure at meet
ings OF the assembly or Of the council,
the appointment Of committees to in.
vestigate particular matters shall be
regulated by the assembly or by the
council and may be decided by a ma.
jority Of the members Of the league
represented at the meeting.
The first meeting Of the assembly
and the first meeting at the council
shall be summoned by the President
Of the United States Of America.
(The first paragraph requiring un.
animous agreement in both assembly
and council except where otherwise
provided is new. The other two para.
graphs originally were included in
article four.)
Article Six.
The permanent secretariat shall be
established at the seat OF the league.
The secretariat shall comprise a sec.
retariat general and such secretaries
and staff as may be required.
The first secretary general shall be
the person named in the annex; there.
after the secretary general shall be
appointed by the council with the ap-
prevail Of the majority Of the assembly
The secretaries and the staff Of the
secretariat shall be appointed by the
secretary general with the approval
Of the council.
The secretary general shall act in
that capacity at all meetings Of the as.
sembly and OF the council.
The expenses of the secretariat shall
be borne by the members Of the league
in accordance with the apportion-
ment OF the expenses Of the interna,
tional bureau Of universal postal
union.
This replaces the original article
five. In the original the appointment
of the first secretary general was left
to the council, and approval Of the
majority Of the assembly was not re,
quired for subsequent appointments. }
Article Seven.
The seat Of the league is establish
ed at Geneva.
The council may at any time decide
that the seat Of the league shall be
established elsewhere.
All positions under or in connection
with the league, including the secre'
tariat. shall be open equally TO men
and women.
Representative OF the members OF
the league and officials Of the league
when engaged on the business Of the
league shall enjoy diplomatic priv
leges and immunities.
The building and other property oc.
cupied by the league or its officials or
by representatives attending its meet.
ings shall be inviolable.
(Embodying parts Of the old ar.
ticles five and six, this article names
Geneva instead Of leaving the seat Of
the league to be chosen later. and
adds the provision for changing the
seat in the future. The paragraph
opening position to women equally
with men is newt.
Article Eight.
The members of the league recog.
nize that the maintenance Of peace
requires the reduction OF national
armament to the lowest point consist
ent with national safety and the en-.
forcement by common action OF inter
national obligation.
The council, taking account OF the
geographical situation and circum'
stances OF each state. shall formulate
plans for such reduction for the con
sideration and action Of the several
governments.
Such plans shall be nubpect to re-
consideration and revision at least
every 10 wears.