Members of the League of Nations
Quick Facts
- Date:
- January 20, 1920 - April 19, 1946
- Headquarters:
- Geneva
- Areas Of Involvement:
- disarmament
- collective security
- international arbitration
The table provides a list of members of the League of Nations as well as the effective dates of their membership.
member | date of entry | notice of withdrawal (effective after two years) |
---|---|---|
Afghanistan | September 1934 | |
Albania | December 1920 | annexed by Italy, April 1939 |
Argentina | * | |
Australia | * | |
Austria | December 1920 | annexed by Germany, March 1938 |
Belgium | * | |
Bolivia | * | |
Brazil | * | June 1926 |
Bulgaria | December 1920 | |
Canada | * | |
Chile | * | |
China | * | |
Colombia | * | |
Costa Rica | December 1920 | |
Cuba | * | |
Czechoslovakia | * | |
Denmark | * | |
Dominican Republic | September 1924 | |
Ecuador | September 1934 | |
Egypt | May 1937 | |
El Salvador | * | August 1937 |
Estonia | September 1921 | |
Ethiopia | September 1923 | |
Finland | December 1920 | |
France | * | |
Germany | September 1926 | October 1933 |
Greece | * | |
Guatemala | * | May 1936 |
Haiti | * | April 1942 |
Honduras | * | July 1936 |
Hungary | September 1922 | April 1939 |
India | * | |
Iraq | October 1932 | |
Ireland | September 1923 | |
Italy | * | December 1937 |
Japan | * | March 1933 |
Latvia | September 1921 | |
Liberia | * | |
Lithuania | September 1921 | |
Luxembourg | December 1920 | |
Mexico | September 1931 | |
Netherlands | * | |
New Zealand | * | |
Nicaragua | * | June 1936 |
Norway | * | |
Panama | * | |
Paraguay | * | February 1935 |
Persia | * | |
Peru | * | April 1939 |
Poland | * | |
Portugal | * | |
Romania | * | July 1940 |
Siam | * | |
Spain | * | May 1939 |
Sweden | * | |
Switzerland | * | |
Turkey | July 1932 | |
Union of South Africa | * | |
U.S.S.R. | * | ** |
United Kingdom | * | |
Uruguay | * | |
Venezuela | September 1934 | |
Yugoslavia | * |
*Original member (January 10, 1920).
**Declared to be no longer a member of the League by council resolution December 14, 1939.
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