<P> The Assembly consisted of representatives of all members of the League, with each state allowed up to three representatives and one vote . It met in Geneva and, after its initial sessions in 1920, it convened once a year in September . The special functions of the Assembly included the admission of new members, the periodical election of non-permanent members to the Council, the election with the Council of the judges of the Permanent Court, and control of the budget . In practice, the Assembly was the general directing force of League activities . </P> <P> The League Council acted as a type of executive body directing the Assembly's business . It began with four permanent members (Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan) and four non-permanent members that were elected by the Assembly for a three - year term . The first non-permanent members were Belgium, Brazil, Greece and Spain . </P> <P> The composition of the Council was changed several times . The number of non-permanent members was first increased to six on 22 September 1922 and to nine on 8 September 1926 . Werner Dankwort of Germany pushed for his country to join the League; joining in 1926, Germany became the fifth permanent member of the Council . Later, after Germany and Japan both left the League, the number of non-permanent seats was increased from nine to eleven, and the Soviet Union was made a permanent member giving the Council a total of fifteen members . The Council met, on average, five times a year and in extraordinary sessions when required . In total, 107 sessions were held between 1920 and 1939 . </P> <P> The League oversaw the Permanent Court of International Justice and several other agencies and commissions created to deal with pressing international problems . These included the Disarmament Commission, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Mandates Commission, the International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation (precursor to UNESCO), the Permanent Central Opium Board, the Commission for Refugees, and the Slavery Commission . Three of these institutions were transferred to the United Nations after the Second World War: the International Labour Organisation, the Permanent Court of International Justice (as the International Court of Justice), and the Health Organisation (restructured as the World Health Organisation). </P>

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