---
title: Article 11
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/12-article-11/
description: Article 11, from The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919) by The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers).
section: FRAME
---

![Illustration: an interwar radio-and-newsreel intelligence collage with a 1930s map of Europe and propaganda poster proofs.](https://propagandaarchive.org/static/generated/detail/hero-interwar.jpg)

[Library](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/) · Report · [The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919)](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/)

# Article 11

This text

- **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

Full details

- **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/)

[← Article 10](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/11-article-10/) [Article 12 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/13-article-12/)

Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the Members of the League or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the League shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations. In case any such emergency should arise the Secretary General shall on the request of any Member of the League forthwith summon a meeting of the Council.

It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends.

[← Article 10](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/11-article-10/) [Article 12 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/13-article-12/)

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/).