Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: In that capacity he attended meetings of the League of Nations . He was president of the Council of the League on his first appearance at Geneva in 1932 and , in a speech that made a worldwide impression , appealed for genuine adherence by its members to the principles of the Covenant of the league .
Simplified: He attended meetings of the League of Nations , and was president of the Council of the League on his first appearance at Geneva in 1932 .