League of Nations—Eleventh Assembly

Archive Report

Council and World Court Elections

Dispute Over Ninth Council Seat

The eleventh ordinary session of the League Assembly convened at Geneva on September 10 and adjourned on October 4, 1930. All of the 54 member states of the League were represented at the session, except Argentina and Honduras.

Annual elections for the three non-permanent members of the Council were held on September 17. The three-year terms of Canada, Cuba, and Finland expired this year and the countries elected to fill the vacancies were the Irish Free State (36 votes), Guatemala (41 votes), and Norway (38 votes). Portugal, with 30 votes, just failed of election. The Chinese application for reëligibility was lost in advance of the elections, there being 27 votes in favor of granting the request whereas ...

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