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title: Preamble
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description: Preamble, from The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919) by The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers).
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# Preamble

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- **Work:** [The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919)](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/)
- **Author:** The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers)
- **Published:** 1919

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- **Rights:** A treaty text published in 1919 with no individual author, so in the public domain in the United States by age.

Chapters

1. [Preamble](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/01-preamble/)
2. [Article 1](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/02-article-1/)
3. [Article 2](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/03-article-2/)
4. [Article 3](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/04-article-3/)
5. [Article 4](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/05-article-4/)
6. [Article 5](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/06-article-5/)
7. [Article 6](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/07-article-6/)
8. [Article 7](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/08-article-7/)
9. [Article 8](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/09-article-8/)
10. [Article 9](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/10-article-9/)
11. [Article 10](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/11-article-10/)
12. [Article 11](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/12-article-11/)
13. [Article 12](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/13-article-12/)
14. [Article 13](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/14-article-13/)
15. [Article 14](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/15-article-14/)
16. [Article 15](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/16-article-15/)
17. [Article 16](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/17-article-16/)
18. [Article 17](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/18-article-17/)
19. [Article 18](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/19-article-18/)
20. [Article 19](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/20-article-19/)
21. [Article 20](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/21-article-20/)
22. [Article 21](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/22-article-21/)
23. [Article 22](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/23-article-22/)
24. [Article 23](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/24-article-23/)
25. [Article 24](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/25-article-24/)
26. [Article 25](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/26-article-25/)
27. [Article 26](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/27-article-26/)

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THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security

by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war,

by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations,

by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and

by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another,

Agree to this Covenant of the League of Nations.

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The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919), The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers). A treaty text published in 1919 with no individual author, so in the public domain in the United States by age. [Provenance and rights](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/).