Georgia and The League of Nations - 100th Anniversary

On January 10, 1920, the world's first international organization was established, following the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) that ended the First World War I (1914-1918).

The primary goals, as stated in its Covenant, included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.

The Covenant of the League of Nations was signed on 28 June 1919 as Part I of the Treaty of Versailles, and it became effective together with the rest of the Treaty on 10 January 1920. The first meeting of the Council of the League took place on 16 January 1920, and the first meeting of Assembly of the League took place on 15 November 1920.

Thanks to the Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project (LONTAD) free online access of the archives of the League of Nations (1920-1946) became possible. The project was made possible through a generous donation of a private Swiss foundation.

Documents related to the issue of a membership and a membership request application of Georgia to the League of Nations.

1923, January 29 - Georgian Delegation in Paris, a letter. 3 pages.

"... Under the orders of the Kremlin d i c t a t o r s, on December 15 the last the Moscow Congress v o t e d the total abolition of the independence of Georgia anc" the pure and simple annexation of that country to Russia. This decision was taken not only in defiance of the w i l l of the Georgian people, but even against the opinion of Moscow's own a g e n t s and officials at T i f l i s , and of the Communist organisations, and also of the Sovnarkom ( Soviet of the People’ s Commissariat) of Georgia. This decision of the Moscow Congres was followed by unheard - of acts of political and national repression" - citation from the Letter.

3 pages.

1920, December - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - Secretariat - Assembly document showing that Georgia is not admitted to the League, giving the names of the 14 states which voted against, and of the 10 which voted for her admission, 18 states abstained from voting.

1920, December 14 - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - Committee no. 5, Assembly of the League - Report presented by the Committee No.5 to the Assembly, summarising the history of Georgia and her application for admission. Recommends that, pending the Assembly's final decision on the question of Georgia's admission.

1920, November 20 - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - Secretary-General - Memorandum on the application of the Republic of Georgia for admission to the League.

1920, October 16 - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - Delegation of Georgia, London - Communicates names of delegates who will be present at the Assembly to give oral information with regard to the admission of Georgia to the League: Mr. Gueguetchkori, Mr. Avaloff.

1920, September 24 - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - Georgian Delegation, London - Transmits authentic copies of documents by which the governments of Great Britain, France and Italy recognised the independence of Georgia; also extract of treaty between Georgia and Russia, and memorandum as presented to the Peace Conference.

1920, September 18 - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - President of Georgian Delegation, London - Transmits memorandum with five annexes dealing with the admission of Georgia, for submission to the Council and Assembly.

1920, September 1 - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - President of the Constituent Assembly of Georgia - Official request for admission.

1920, August 13 - The Issue of Admission of Georgia to the League of Nations - Dr. Von Hamel - Transmits Draft of Statement prepared in the Legal Section relating to the Admission of Georgia, and draft letter to the Georgian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Suggested APA citation of this page:

Tsikhistavi-Khutsishvili, N. (Ed.). (2019). Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Historical Archive of Georgia by the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN). Retrieved /month, date, year/ from https://iccn.ge/index.php?article_id=369&clang=1