The object of the Protocol of Geneva cannot be better stated than in the words of its authors:[[7]]
"to facilitate the reduction and limitation of armaments provided for in Article 8 of the Covenant of the League of Nations by guaranteeing the security of States through the development of methods for the pacific settlement of all international disputes and the effective condemnation of aggressive war."
While this Protocol is, and doubtless always will be, called "The Protocol of Geneva," its official name is "Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes."[[8]]
[[1]] Article 8. The text of the Covenant is Annex A, p. 117.
[[2]] Those who criticize the use of the word "disarmament" as meaning a reduction or limitation of armaments, should consult the dictionaries. The Standard Dictionary gives the following definition:
"The act of disarming; especially, the reduction of a military or naval establishment to a peace footing."
The Century Dictionary gives this: