Folkenes Forbund etableredes i 1920 af 29 af krigens sejrherrer.
En række neutrale lande, heriblandt Danmark, blev inviteret til at tilslutte sig fra begyndelsen, og senere indtrådte andre lande, bl.a. krigens tabere og Sovjetunionen, der i første omgang var blevet udelukket.
USA ratificerede aldrig Versailles-traktaten, fordi landet syntes, at betingelserne var for hårde og forhandlede sig i stedet frem til en aftale med Tyskland: (Berlin-traktaten af 1921). USA stod derfor uden for Folkenes Forbund, hvilket afgørende svækkede organisationen.
Tyskland blev faktisk medlem i 1926, men meldte sig i 1933 ud efter den nazistiske magtovertagelse.
I anden halvdel af 1930’erne forholdt Danmark sig stort set passivt i forbundet, og efter den tyske besættelse forlod Danmark Folkeforbundet i juni 1940.
2012 - Independent Professional
2003 - 2012 Minister Counsellor FAO at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Rome
2000 - 2003 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1995 - 2000 Director General, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1991 - 1995 Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy Denmark
1990 - 1991 Chef du Cabinet, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1983 - 1990 Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1979 - 1983 Head of section, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1978 - 1979 Military Service, Representative of drafted army personel
1976 - 1978 National Bureau of Statstics Denmark
- Chair EU Working Party on FAO Coordination
- Chair of various Intra Ministerial Committees on Energy taxation
- Member of FAO Finance Committee
- Danish Representative to various missions to Eastern European countries, Burundi, Mozambique, Thailand and Cambodia.
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines to support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
- Responsible for Danish EU Presidency 1993, 2002 and 2012 regarding FAO matters.
- Head of Danish delegations to meetings in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Budget Committee of the International treaty on Plant genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Danish-India Commission on Bilateral Energy Cooperation
Head of Danish delegations to meeting in International Energy Cooperation (IEA, CEM, MEF ect)
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Soren Skafte, Former Permanent Secretary 