League of Nations

In 1918, as one of his 14 points summarizing Allied war aims in World War I, President Woodrow Wilson of the United States presented a plan for a general association of nations. The plan formed the basis of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the 26 articles that served as operating rules for the league. The covenant was formulated as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I in 1919.