Securing the lives of ordinary people. Baltic perspectives on the work of the League of nations
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Baltijos regionas; Baltijos šalys (Baltic states); Humanitarinė pagalba; Repatriacija; Tautų lyga; Tautų sąjunga; Baltic countries; Humanitarian aid; League of Nations; Repatriation; The Baltic region.
ENThe League of Nations is best known for promoting “collective security”. The phrase, apparently, was coined by Czech politician Eduard Beneš in 1924, that is to say some years after the League had already begun addressing sources of international antagonism. Collective security’s central elements were contained in the Covenant of the League of Nations, where - for example - Article 8 committed the organisation’s members to “the enforcement by common action of international obligations”. These obligations included mutual guarantees for the territorial integrity of member states, also a readiness to abide by given systems of conduct should international tensions arise. According to this approach, negotiations and arbitration, backed by the threat of economic or even military sanctions supported by the combined weight of the League’s membership, would dissuade a potential aggressor from disrupting the peace of the world. [Extract, p. 95]
