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title: Article 16
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/17-article-16/
description: Article 16, from The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919) by The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers).
section: FRAME
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# Article 16

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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

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 15](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/16-article-15/) [Article 17 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/18-article-17/)

Should any Member of the League resort to war in disregard of its covenants under Articles 12, 13 or 15, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other Members of the League, which hereby undertake immediately to subject it to the severance of all trade or financial relations, the prohibition of all intercourse between their nationals and the nationals of the covenant-breaking State, and the prevention of all financial, commercial or personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant-breaking State and the nationals of any other State, whether a Member of the League or not.

It shall be the duty of the Council in such case to recommend to the several Governments concerned what effective military, naval or air force the Members of the League shall severally contribute to the armed forces to be used to protect the covenants of the League.

The Members of the League agree, further, that they will mutually support one another in the financial and economic measures which are taken under this Article, in order to minimise the loss and inconvenience resulting from the above measures, and that they will mutually support one another in resisting any special measures aimed at one of their number by the covenant-breaking State, and that they will take the necessary steps to afford passage through their territory to the forces of any of the Members of the League which are co-operating to protect the covenants of the League.

Any Member of the League which has violated any covenant of the League may be declared to be no longer a Member of the League by a vote of the Council concurred in by the Representatives of all the other Members of the League represented thereon.

[← Article 15](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/16-article-15/) [Article 17 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/18-article-17/)

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/).