UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS Page 1 PROMOTION OF PEACE.. Arbitration, conciliation, and judicial settlement. General act of September 26, 1928... Convention respecting the limitation of the employment of force for the recovery of contract debts... Permanent Court of International Justice... - Acceptance of reservations made by Cuba when ratifying the pro- Armament reduction _ _ _ _ London naval treaty of 1930 _ . International law... Convention relating to conflict of laws on nationality. Renunciation of war.......... Status of ratifications of and adherences to the treaty for the renun ciation of war. Restriction of war. Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the sick and wounded of armies in the field and convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.. POLITICAL... Treaty of Saint-Germain-Protocol No. I, for the restoration of Convention between the United States, Great Britain, and Iraq.......... HUMANITARIAN – Convention fixing the rules for the granting of asylum.. Asylum.. Opium.... Convention for the suppression of the abuse of opium and other drugs... Treatment of foreigners.. Convention for the purpose of determining the status of aliens...... ECONOMIC... Agriculture---- Convention on the execution of foreign arbitral awards... Treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights between the Protection of birds.. Commerce.. Page Copyright... International union for the protection of literary and artistic works.. Customs... Convention concerning the formation of an international union for the publication of customs tariffs.. Finance.... International convention for the suppression of counterfeiting currency. 14 Acceptance of reservation made by Norway when signing the con- 14 International conference for the unification of laws on bills of exchange, promissory notes, and checks.. Industrial property.. Arrangement concerning the international registration of trade marks-Arrangement concerning the suppression of false indications of origin.. Navigation.... International load line convention and final protocol.... 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 International convention and protocol relating to economic statistics... 20 Acceptance of reservation made by Australia when adhering to the Acceptance of reservation made by Great Britain in respect of the TEXTS OF CONVENTIONS.. International convention for the unification of certain rules relating to PROMOTION OF PEACE ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION, AND JUDICIAL France GENERAL ACT OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1928 According to a circular letter dated June 11, 1931, from the Acting Legal Adviser of the League of Nations, Mr. Aristide Briand, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Delegate of France to the Council of the League of Nations, deposited with the Secretariat of the League on May 21, 1931, in accordance with the provisions of article. 43 of the general act for the pacific settlement of international disputes, the instrument of accession by His Excellency the President of the French Republic to all the provisions of this act (chapters I, II, III, and IV). The following declaration was contained in the instrument of accession: [Translation] 1 The said accession concerning all disputes that may arise after the said accession with regard to situations or facts subsequent thereto, other than those which the Permanent Court of International Justice may recognise as bearing on a question left by international law to the exclusive competence of the State, it being understood that in application of article 39 of the said act the disputes which the parties or one of them may have referred to the Council of the League of Nations will not be submitted to the procedures described in this Act unless the Council has been unable to pronounce a decision under the conditions laid down in article 15, paragraph 6, of the Covenant. Furthermore, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the Assembly of the League of Nations "on the submission and recommendation of the general act ", article 28 of this act is interpreted by the French Government as meaning in particular that "respect for rights established by treaty or resulting from international law" is obligatory upon arbitral tribunals constituted in application of chapter 3 of the said general act." Great Britain According to the following circular letter dated June 11, 1931, from the Acting Legal Adviser of the League of Nations, the instrument of accession of Great Britain to the general act was also deposited with the Secretariat on May 21, 1931: 1 Official translation of the League of Nations. I have the honour to inform you that His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs deposited with the Secretariat of the League of Nations, on May 21, 1931, in accordance with the provisions of article 43 of the general act (pacific settlement of international disputes), the instrument of accession by His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations, to all the provisions of this act. (Chapters I, II, III, and IV.) This accession is made subject to the following conditions: (1) That the following disputes are excluded from the procedure described in the general act, including the procedure of conciliation: (i) Disputes arising prior to the accession of His Majesty to (ii) Disputes in regard to which the parties to the dispute have agree; (iv) Disputes concerning questions which by international law are solely within the domestic jurisdiction of states; and (v) Disputes with any party to the general act who is not a member of the League of Nations. (2) That His Majesty reserves the right in relation to the disputes mentioned in article 17 of the general act to require that the procedure prescribed in chapter II of the said act shall be suspended in respect of any dispute which has been submitted to and is under consideration by the Council of the League of Nations, provided that notice to suspend is given after the dispute has been submitted to the Council and is given within ten days of the notification of the initiation of the procedure, and provided also that such suspension shall be limited to a period of twelve months or such longer period as may be agreed by the parties to the dispute or determined by a decision of all the members of the Council other than the parties to the dispute. (3) (i) That, in the case of a dispute, not being a dispute mentioned in article 17 of the general act, which is brought before the Council of the League of Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Covenant, the procedure prescribed in chapter I of the general act, shall not be applied, and, if already commenced, shall be suspended, unless the Council determines that the said procedure shall be adopted. (ii) That in the case of such a dispute, the procedure described in chapter III of the general act shall not be applied unless the Council has failed to effect a settlement of the dispute within twelve months from the date on which it was first submitted to the Council, or, in a case where the procedure prescribed in chapter I has been adopted |