What was the primary purpose of the mandate purpose of the mandate system following world war 1?

the mandate system was an attempt to stop the cycle of war and fighting over conquered Land by appropriating the land of the collapsed Ottoman Empire and the colonies of Germany the idea was there were different types of territories those that were close to Independence, those near-to-far to Independence and those worth virtually no hope of self-determination these territories would be guided by a larger established state in practice the mandate system devolved into internationally-sanctioned colonialism