League of Nations

Original Members of the LON

Jan 10, 1920

ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CUBA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK, EL SALVADOR, FRANCE, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, LIBERIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERSIA, PERU POLAND, PORTUGAL, RUMANIA, SIAM, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY VENEZUELA, YUGOSLAVIA

Membership of League of Nations

Period: Jan 10, 1920 to Apr 18, 1946

ALBANIA, AUSTRIA, BULGARIA, COSTA RICA, FINLAND, LUXEMBOURG are admitted to the League

Apr 10, 1920

ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA are admitted to the League

Mar 12, 1921

HUNGARY is admitted to the League

Jan 5, 1922

ETHIOPIA, IRELAND are admitted to the League

Oct 31, 1923

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC is admitted to the League

Apr 13, 1924

COSTA RICA withdraws from the Leag

Jul 17, 1925

GERMANY is admitted to the League BRAZIL withdraws from the League

Sep 18, 1926

MEXICO is admitted to the League

Apr 9, 1931

IRAQ, TURKEY are admitted to the League

Jan 13, 1932

GERMANY, JAPAN withdraw from the League

Mar 16, 1933

AFGHANISTAN, ECUADOR, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS are admitted to the League

Sep 17, 1934

PARAGUAY withdraws from the League

Mar 17, 1935

GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA withdraw from the League

Sep 18, 1936

EGYPT is admitted to the League EL SALVADOR, ITALY withdraw from the League

Feb 17, 1937

CHILE, VENEZUELA withdraw from the LeagueAUSTRIA is annexed by GERMANY

Jun 10, 1938

HUNGARY, PERU, SPAIN withdraw from the League ALBANIA is annexed by ITALY UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS is expelled from the League

Oct 18, 1939

RUMANIA withdraws from the League

Feb 10, 1940

HAITI withdraws from the League

Feb 12, 1942

Transfer from LON to UN

Apr 18, 1946

The League transfers all its assets to the United Nations. Contract signed by W. Moderow, representative of the League, and Sean Lester, the last Secretary-General of the League of Nations.