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HUMANITARIAN

HEALTH

PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONVENTION 1

Dominican Republic

By a note dated May 16, 1932, the Cuban Ambassador forwarded to the Secretary of State a communication addressed to him by the Acting Secretary of State of Cuba in which he informed this Government of the deposit on April 25, 1932, of the instrument of ratification by the Dominican Republic of the Pan American Sanitary Convention, signed at Habana November 14, 1924.

OPIUM

CONVENTION FOR LIMITING THE MANUFACTURE AND REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS 2

United States

By a communication dated April 29, 1932, addressed to the American Minister to Switzerland, the Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations acknowledged the receipt of the instrument of ratification by the United States of the convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs, and protocol of signature, signed at Geneva July 13, 1931.

The instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretariat on April 28, 1932. The Department of State has not been informed of any other ratification, though the instrument of adherence of Nicaragua was deposited with the Secretariat on March 16, 1932.

Bolivia

INTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL

According to a circular letter dated April 29, 1932, from the Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations, the instrument of ratification of the accession of Bolivia to the international opium convention and protocol, signed at Geneva February 19, 1925, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 15, 1932.

1 See Bulletin No. 19, April, 1931, p. 8.

2 See Bulletin No. 31, April, 1932, p. 8.

The ratification is subject to the reservations made at the time of the accession as follows:

1. Bolivia does not undertake to restrict the home cultivation or production of coca, or to prohibit the use of coca leaves by the native population.

2. The exportation of coca leaves shall be subject to control by the Bolivian Government, by means of export certificates.

3. The Bolivian Government designates the following as places from which coca may be exported: Villazon, Yacuiba, Antofagasta, Arica and Mollendo.

SOCIAL

CONVENTION AND STATUTE ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL RELIEF UNION &

France

According to a circular letter dated May 10, 1932, from the League of Nations, the instrument of ratification by France of the convention and statute establishing an international relief union, signed at Geneva July 12, 1927, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 27, 1932.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN 4

Egypt

According to a letter dated April 20, 1932, from the Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations, the instrument of adherence of Egypt to the international convention for the suppression of traffic in women and children, signed at Geneva September 30, 1921, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 13, 1932.

3 See Bulletin No. 31, April, 1932, p. 8.

4 See Bulletin No. 29, February, 1932, p. 12.

ECONOMIC

AGRICULTURE

INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CREDIT COMPANY 1

Poland

According to a circular letter dated May 4, 1932, from the League of Nations, the instrument of ratification by Poland of the convention for the creation of an international mortgage credit company, which was opened for signature at Geneva May 21, 1931, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 22, 1932.

AVIATION

AIR NAVIGATION ARRANGEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT RELATING TO EXPORTED AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY

Acting on instructions from the Department of State, the American Embassy in Berlin exchanged notes with the German Foreign Office on May 31, 1932, for the purpose of giving effect to (1) an arrangement between the United States and Germany providing for the navigation of civil aircraft of each country in the other country, and (2) an arrangement between the United States and Germany providing for the acceptance by each country of certificates of airworthiness for civil aircraft exported from the other country as merchandise. Both arrangements became effective June 1, 1932.

The arrangement relating to air navigation governs the conditions under which aircraft of each country may be operated in the other country. The following is a brief summary of the more important provisions of the arrangement.

Each of the parties undertakes to grant liberty of passage above its territory in time of peace to the aircraft of the other party, provided that the conditions set forth in the arrangement are observed. The establishment and operation of regular air routes by an air transport company of one of the parties within the territory of the other party is, however, made subject to the consent of the other party, given on the principle of reciprocity and at the request of the party whose nationality the air transport company possesses.

1See Bulletin No. 29, February, 1932, p. 13.

Each of the parties permits the import or export of all merchandise which may be legally imported or exported, and also the carriage of passengers, subject to any customs, immigration, and quarantine restrictions, into or from their respective countries, in the aircraft of the other party. The arrangement provides that there shall be no discrimination by either party against the aircraft of the other party engaged in international commerce, because of the nationality of the aircraft, with respect to duties and charges.

Each of the parties may reserve to its own aircraft, air commerce between any two points neither of which is in a foreign country. The aircraft of either party may, however, proceed from one aerodrome to others in the territory of the other party which they are entitled to use, for the purpose of discharging or taking on passengers or cargo in through international traffic.

The arrangement relating to exported aircraft provides for the recognition by each country of certificates of airworthiness for aircraft exported from the other country and relates to the aeronautical trade. It is intended to facilitate the sale in each country of aircraft. manufactured in the other country.

COMMERCE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL FOR THE ABOLITION OF IMPORT AND EXPORT PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS 2

Curaçao

The Legal Adviser of the Secretariat of the League of Nations addressed the following letter dated May 3, 1932, to the Secretary of State concerning the adherence of the Netherlands on behalf of Curaçao to the international convention and protocol for the abolition of import and export prohibitions and restrictions, signed at Geneva November 8, 1927:

SIR,

I have the honour to inform you that the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs has informed me, by a communication dated April 16, 1932, that the Netherlands Government desire, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10, paragraph 2 of the Convention, that the International Convention and Protocol, for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions, signed at Geneva, November 8, 1927, and the Supplementary Agreement to that Convention and Protocol, signed at Geneva, July 11, 1928, shall apply to Curaçao.

This notification was received with the Secretariat on April 18,

1932.

2 See Bulletin No. 24, September, 1931, p. 17.

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On this occasion, the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs also informed me that as regards Curaçao, the Netherlands Government undertake to extend, towards any other High Contracting Party accepting the same obligation, the application of the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 8 of the Convention to all disputes which might arise on the subject of the interpretation or the application of the provisions of the said convention, including Articles 4, 5 and 6 whether or no the dispute be of legal character.

I have [etc.]

For the Secretary-General :

J. A. BUERO Legal Adviser of the Secretariat

TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE REGARDING FRENCH RESTRICTIONS ON AMERICAN EXPORTS TO FRANCE

As a result of the quota negotiations between the American Ambassador and the French Government, certain rules which will serve as a temporary measure of interim relief will be observed by the French Government in the fixing of new quotas or in renewing existing quotas affecting American exports to France. These rules are in substance as follows:

1. Most-favored-nation treatment, on the basis of importations, will be accorded American products.

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2. When quotas are of especial interest to American industries, the latter will be given an opportunity to participate in conversations between industrialists relating to the fixing of the quota in question.

3. Goods en route at the time a quota is announced will be mitted entry and charged against future quota allotments.

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4. A license system in respect of industrial products is provided for. The existing license system used for agricultural products will be continued.

5. Statistics with regard to the current status of importations subject to quota will be currently at the disposal of importers.

COPYRIGHT

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS 8

CONVENTION AS REVISED AT ROME, JUNE 2, 1928

Chosen, Taiwan, Karafuto, Leased Territory of Kwantung

The League of Nations publication, Registration of Treaties, No. 126, for March, 1932, lists on page 9 the accessions of Chosen, Taiwan,

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