IGCSE Successes of the League of Nations' Agencies

What was the reason for setting up the League's agencies, committees and commissions?

• The League wanted to identify social, economic and military issues that directly or indirectly affected the wellbeing of the world.

• After the Paris Peace Conference, everyone loved going to meetings and wanted to attend more.

• At the end of each committee or commission meeting they served cake.

• Woodrow Wilson said they should.

What were the main issues for the Refugee Organisation? There are two correct answers.

• The large number of WWI Prisoners of War stranded in Soviet Russia, Poland, France, Germany and Turkey.

• Refugees in North Africa.

• Over 1 million Greeks were homeless following the Turkish War of Independence (1919-23).

• Returning Allied troops to Australia and New Zealand.

Who was in charge of returning displaced persons to their homes, or helping them to find new homes?

• Woodrow Wilson

• The British Monarchy

• Norwegian explorer and scientist, Fridtjof Nansen.

• The Secretary-General of the League, Eric Drummond.

What were three of the achievements of the Health Organisation?

• Getting everyone across Europe to eat 5+ a day.

• It helped Soviet Russia prevent a typhus epidemic in Siberia.

• It helped reduce the incidence of leprosy.

• It began an international campaign to exterminate mosquitoes, thereby reducing the spread of malaria and yellow fever.

What did the Health Organisation help to set up in London, Copenhagen and Singapore?

• 24 hour pharmacies.

• Research institutions which developed internationally accepted vaccines for diseases like tetanus, tuberculosis and diphtheria.

• Research hospitals.

• Holiday homes for doctors.

After the League failed, what did the Health Organisation become?

• Greenpeace.

• Médecins sans frontières(Doctors without Borders)

• The World Health Organisation (WHO).

• The World DHB.

Which country on the edge of financial collapse was helped by the Economic and Financial Organisation?

• Germany: they were crippled by reparations.

• Turkey: they were in the grip of civil war.

• United Kingdom: they just needed more money.

• Austria: they were adjusting to being a small landlocked country now dependent upon agriculture for its wealth.

Which other countries were assisted by the Economic and Financial Organisation? Choose three.

• Hungary

• Greece

• France

• Bulgaria

What was the main objective of the International Labour Organisation?

• To make sure everyone across Europe had a job.

• To conduct on the job training.

• To raise the minimum wage.

• To bring about a general improvement in working conditions.

Which of these were recommendations of the International Labour Organisation? This question has more than one correct answer.

• The 8 hour working day and 48 hour working week.

• Annual holidays with pay.

• The right to join trade unions.

• A minimum employment age.