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one vote in the Assembly of the League. The Assembly meets
regularly at Geneva in the September pf each year. The principle
of "one State one vote" was essential if Sovereign States were to
join at all; but there was also need for recognition of the fact
that States differ in population and resources. The Council of the
League, therefore, is composed in part of Permanent Members
who are the Great Powers—Britain, France, the U.S.S.R., and
formerly Italy, Germany and Japan. In addition to these there are
nine non-permanent Members, elected by the Assembly for a
term of three years. Three retire each year and it is possible for
a State to seek re-election if two-thirds of the Assembly approve.
There cannot, however, be more than three non-Permanent
Members serving a second term on the Council at any one time.
The Council has always held at least four meetings a year, and
frequently more; they are held, most often, but by no means
always, at Geneva. Since the Council is the League's Executive
it has often to act quickly, and may be summoned by the Secretary-
General of the League, at the request of any League Member.

There is a new President of the Council at each Session, the
Members succeeding each other in alphabetical order of their
countries. The Council President opens each session of the
Assembly but that body proceeds immediately to elect its own
President and six Vice-Presidents. Six main Committees are set
up, to deal with legal, technical, social and political questions,
the problem of Disarmament and the Budget of the League.
To these each State may send one Delegate. There is also a
Credentials Committee to make sure that everyone in the Assembly
is the properly appointed representative of a League Member,
and an Agenda Committee to arrange the business.

Assembly and Council together have appointed a number of
Auxiliary Organisations to deal with particular pieces of inter-
national work. These bodies, recruited from people of first-rate
ability and appropriate experience, have co-ordinated the efforts
of many international bureaux which are older than the League.
League discussions often result in the framing of Conventions—