Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-01
REVISED 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 OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
The High Contracting Parties Agree in This Covenant Main
tain Scrupulous Respect for ALI Treaty Obligations
in AL Their Dealings With One Another.

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 af-
fecting the peace of the world.
Any member Of the league not rep
resented on the council shall be in.
vited to send a representative to sit
as 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-
eDtative.
(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 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 I'M
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 shah be
established at the seat of the league
The secretariat shall comprise 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 apportio9.
ment Of the expenses Of the interna.
tional bureau of universal postal
union.
(This replaces the original article
Ave. 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.
Representatives Of the members Of
the league and officials of the league
when engaged OH the business OF the
league shall enjoy diplomatic privi
leges and immunities.
The building and other property &C
cupied by the league or its officials OF
by representatives attending its meet
ings shall be inviolable.
(Embodying parts Of the old ar
ticles five and six, this article naraes
Geneva instead Of leaving the seat o.
the league to be chosen later, ant
adds the provision for changing the
seat in the future. The parasrSH2
, opening position to women equaily
, with men is new.
Article Eight.
The members Of the league Peceg
. niEe that :he maintenance of peas<
requires the reduction Of Ratioaa
armament to the lowest point csarstsk
emit with national safety and TIE ss
, forcement by common action Of Inter
national obligation.
The council, taking account Il tn
} geographical situation and cirssm
stances OF each state. shall fornalatt
; plans for such reduction for the ssa
sideration and action Of the SeTaia
governments. s.
Such sians shsll be subject % r.
| consideration ana revision & IcaR
. every 10 years.
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