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100	1		_aPORTE Pablo La
245			_aDissenting voices: _bthe secretariat of the league of nations and the drafting of mandates, 1919-1923/ _cPablo La Porte
260			_c2021
520			_aThis analysis explores the criticism about the creation of mandates in the League of Nations, particularly in the Secretariat; there, a number of officials questioned the organisation's stance on this matter. Their critical views showed the crucial importance of the early debates in shaping the League's nature and revealed the existence of a core group of eminent Secretariat members whose beliefs objected to the principles underlying the draft mandate provisions and the League's tacit assent in their approval. These opinions highlighted administrative shortcomings in the League's structure, particularly the Secretariat's role and the ambiguous attitude of the secretary general, and foresaw the detrimental consequences that the mandates system would have for the League's reputation. Some Secretariat members, who envisaged a more assertive role for the institution, vigorously challenged views on the League's helplessness in the international post-war context that have come to predominate in current scholarship.
650			_aDIPLOMACY
650			_aSECRETARIAT
773			_aDiplomacy & Statecraft : _gVol 32 No 3, September 2021, pp.440-463 (115)
598			_aPOLITICS, DIPLOMACY
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09592296.2021.1961485 _zClick here for full text
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