1. By: Shaun Koo Gabriel Wong Nicolas Phua

2.  Changes in the structure of the UN  LON required a unanimous decision before general policy could be passed.  UN: A unanimous vote was not needed  A two- third majority was all that was required  In the security council, at least 9 out of 15 members were needed to pass any decision, inclusive of all five permanent members.  Any one permanent member can veto a decision and prevent any action from being taken. http://blogs.ubc.ca/astu400e2010/files/2010/09/400px-UN_Institutions.svg_.png

3.  Membership of US  Provided essential support and resources that LON lacked  Provided vital military forces during certain disputes, ie Korean War  Resulted in great UN success  LON rejected by USA which meant the loss of a powerful member whose presence would have provided great and necessary psychological support since President Woodrow Wilson was the man behind the idea.  LON could not rely on US, then a major superpower which would have been able to provide military and financial support to aid the LON in times of crisis as US was not a member. http://neweasternpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/unusa.jpg

4.  Inability to stop Great Powers  UN was unable to prevent aggression by Russia during Hungarian Uprising  Similarly, LON also could not prevent aggression by Italy and Japan during Abyssinian Crisis and Manchurian Incident respectively http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/issues/military.shtml

5.  Hungarian Rising (1956) similar to both invasions  Russia vetoed a resolution calling for their withdrawal from Hungary  Nothing could be done as military sanctions could result in nuclear war  LON also could not stop the Italians or Japanese as the other members were afraid it might lead to a war they were ill- prepared to fight. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~park25h/classweb/worldpolitics/analysiscoldwar.html