Editing League of Nations (section)

===Successes===
The League scored some successes, including the 1925 Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War. It started to collect international arms data. Most important was the passage in 1925 of the Geneva protocol banning poison gas in war.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/09592290500208089|title=Making Disarmament Work: The Implementation of the International Disarmament Provisions in the League of Nations Covenant, 1919–1925 |year=2005 |last1=Webster |first1=Andrew |journal=Diplomacy & Statecraft |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=551–569 |s2cid=154279428 }}</ref> It reflected strong worldwide public opinion, although the United States did not ratify it until 1975.<ref>{{cite journal|pmc=286219|year=1970 |last1=Bunn |first1=G. |title=Gas and germ warfare: International legal history and present status |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=253–260 |doi=10.1073/pnas.65.1.253 |pmid=4905669 |bibcode=1970PNAS...65..253B |doi-access=free }}</ref>