MISCELLANEOUS

CONVENTION ON THE TEACHING OF HISTORY

On December 26, 1933, the Seventh International Conference of American States adopted a convention on the teaching of history. The delegates of the United States were not instructed to sign this convention.1

CONFERENCE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA IN AFRICA

The United States was represented by an observer at the Conference for the Preservation of Flora and Fauna in Africa which was held in London from October 31 to November 8, 1933. The Conference was called on the recommendation of the International Congress for the Protection of Nature which was held in Paris in 1931. Representatives from Abyssinia, Belgium, Egypt, France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Union of South Africa, and the Sudan attended the conference and the United States. of America, India, and the Netherlands sent observers.

On November 8, 1933, three instruments were signed: a convention for the preservation of fauna and flora in their natural state; a protocol relating to the holding of a future conference within four years from November 8, 1933; and a final act. The convention was drawn up with the object of establishing a special régime for the preservation of flora and fauna in certain parts of the world, and in particular in Africa, which are considered, in present conditions, to be in danger of extinction or permanent injury. It provides for the establishment of national parks, strict natural reserves, and other reserves within which the hunting, killing, or capturing of fauna, and the collection or destruction of flora shall be limited or prohibited. Regulations for the hunting, killing, and capturing of fauna outside the restricted areas are established in detail and certain methods of, and the weapons for, the hunting, killing, and capturing of fauna are prohibited. The convention, which will remain open for signature until March 31, 1934, was signed by Belgium, Egypt,

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France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Union of South Africa, and the Sudan. It will come into force three months after ratification or accession of not less than four countries.

The British Ambassador at Washington transmitted to the Acting Secretary of State with a note dated January 16, 1934, a certified copy of the convention with an invitation extended by his Government that the United States adhere to the convention under the terms of article 17.

TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF INTERAMERICAN CONCILIATION'

The high contracting parties of the general convention of interAmerican conciliation of the 5th of January, 1929, convinced of the undeniable advantage of giving a permanent character to the Commissions of Investigation and Conciliation to which Article 2 of said Convention refers, agree to add to the aforementioned Convention the following and additional protocol.

ARTICLE 1

Each country signatory to the Treaty signed in Santiago, Chile, the 3rd of May, 1923, shall name, as soon as possible, by means of a bilateral agreement which shall be recorded in a simple exchange of notes with each one of the other signatories of the aforementioned treaty, those members of the various commissions provided for in Article 4 of said Treaty. The commissions so named shall have a permanent character and shall be called Commissions of Investigation and Conciliation.

ARTICLE 2

Any of the contracting parties may replace the members which have been designated, whether they be nationals or foreigners; but, at the same time, the substitute shall be named. In case the substitution is not made, the replacement shall not be effective.

ARTICLE 3

The commissions organized in fulfillment of Article 3 of the aforementioned treaty of Santiago, Chile, shall be called Permanent Diplomatic Commissions of Investigation and Conciliation.

ARTICLE 4

To secure the immediate organization of the Commissions mentioned in the first Article hereof, the high contracting parties engage themselves to notify the Pan American Union at the time of the deposit of the ratification of the present additional Protocol in the

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Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Chile, the names of the two members whose designation they are empowered to make by Article 4 of the Convention at Santiago, Chile, and said members, so named, shall constitute the members of the Commissions which are to be organized with bilateral character in accordance with this protocol.

ARTICLE 5

It shall be left to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union to initiate measures for bringing about the nomination of the fifth member of each Commission of Investigation and Conciliation in accordance with the stipulation established in Article 4 of the Convention at Santiago, Chile.

ARTICLE 6

In view of the character which this protocol has as an addition to the Convention of Conciliation of Washington, of January 5, 1929, the provision of Article 16 of said Convention shall be applied thereto.

In witness whereof, the Plenipotentiaries hereinafter indicated, have set their hands and their seals to this Additional Protocol in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French, in the city of Montevideo, Republic of Uruguay, this twenty-six day of the month of December in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-three.

CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF WOMEN 2

The Governments represented in the Seventh International Conference of American States:

Wishing to conclude a Convention on the Nationality of Women, have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries:

[Here follows the list of Plenipotentiaries]

Who, after having exhibited their Full Powers, which were found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following:

ARTICLE 1

There will be no distinction based on sex as regards nationality, in their legislation or in their practice.

ARTICLE 2

The present convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in conformity with their respective constitutional procedures. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uruguay shall transmit authentic certified copies to the governments for the afore

mentioned purpose of ratification. The instrument of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union in Washington, which shall notify the signatory governments of said deposit. Such notification shall be considered as an exchange of ratifications.

ARTICLE 3

The present convention will enter into force between the High Contracting Parties in the order in which they deposit their respective ratifications.

ARTICLE 4

The present convention shall remain in force indefinitely but may be denounced by means of one year's notice given to the Pan American Union, which shall transmit it to the other signatory governments. After the expiration of this period the convention shall cease in its effects as regards the party which denounces but shall remain in effect for the remaining High Contracting Parties.

ARTICLE 5

The present convention shall be open for the adherence and accession of the States which are not signatories. The corresponding instruments shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union which shall communicate them to the other High Contracting Parties.

In witness whereof, the following Plenipotentiaries have signed this convention in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French and hereunto affix their respective seals in the city of Montevideo, Republic of Uruguay, this 26th day of December, 1933.

The Governments represented in the Seventh International Conference of American States:

Wishing to conclude a Convention on Nationality, have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries:

[Here follows the list of Plenipotentiaries]

Who, after having exhibited their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following:

ARTICLE 1

Naturalization of an individual before the competent authorities of any of the signatory States carries with it the loss of the nationality of origin.

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