English-Dutch translations for league of nations

• Volkenbond
  Er kwam geen hulp van de Volkenbond toen Stalin Finland aanviel. There was no help from the League of Nations when Stalin attacked Finland.
  Zoals vroeger de Volkenbond is de VN een volstrekt onbetekenend orgaan gebleken. Like the League of Nations once did, the UN is crumbling into insignificance.
  Laten we niet vergeten dat deze regio in het Midden-Oosten vanaf 1922 gedurende 26 jaar onder een mandaat viel, een mandaat van de Volkenbond. Let us not forget that this area of the Middle East was under a mandate, a League of Nations mandate, for some 26 years, from 1922.

Definition of league of nations

• An international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Its goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global quality of life. The predecessor of the United Nations

Related words

• Catholic League of France
• out of one's league
• out of one’s league
• member of the Young Communist League