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League of Nations mandates. Class A, mandates in Western Asia: Syria. Lebanon. Palestine. Transjordan. Mesopotamia. Class B, mandates in Africa: British Togoland. French Togoland. British Cameroon. French Cameroon. Ruanda-Urundi. Tanganyika. Class C, mandates in Africa: South West Africa. Class C, mandates in the Pacific: Japanese Pacific Mandate.
League of Nations mandates were established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations. The Permanent Mandates Commission supervised League of Nations mandates, [122] and also organised plebiscites in disputed territories so that residents could decide which country they would join.
The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, both of which had been conceded by the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I in 1918.
- Mid-1919 – 22 July 1922
- UNOG Library; ref.: C.529. M.314. 1922. VI.
- 29 September 1923
- Council of the League of Nations
League of Nations mandates. Class A, mandates in Western Asia: Syria. Lebanon. Palestine. Transjordan. Mesopotamia. Class B, mandates in Africa: British Togoland. French Togoland. British Cameroon. French Cameroon. Ruanda-Urundi. Tanganyika. Class C, mandates in Africa: South West Africa. Class C, mandates in the Pacific: Japanese Pacific Mandate.
Feb 16, 2024 · League of Nations, organization for international cooperation established at the initiative of the victorious Allied powers after World War I. Although the League was unable to fulfill the hopes of its founders, its creation was an event of decisive importance in the history of international relations.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mandatory Palestine [a] [4] was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine . After an Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire arose during the First World War in 1916, British forces drove Ottoman forces out of the Levant. [5] .
mandate, an authorization granted by the League of Nations to a member nation to govern a former German or Turkish colony. The territory was called a mandated territory, or mandate.