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title: Article 21
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/22-article-21/
description: Article 21, 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 21

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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 20](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/21-article-20/) [Article 22 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/23-article-22/)

Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.

[← Article 20](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/21-article-20/) [Article 22 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/23-article-22/)

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/).