Argentina of the amendment with the Secretariat and states in part as follows: "This ratification was deposited with the Secretariat on June 4, 1934, and the Amendment takes effect from that date. Thus, in consequence of the ratification by the Argentine Republic, the abovementioned amendment has now received the ratifications required for its entry into force, in conformity with the provisions of Article 422 of the Treaty of Versailles and the corresponding articles of the other Treaties of Peace." NAVIGATION LOAD LINE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 13 On July 26, 1934, ratifications of the load line convention between the United States and Canada, signed December 9, 1933, were exchanged at Washington. The convention, which entered into force on the exchange of ratifications, exempts certain vessels of the United States and Canada from load line requirements as contemplated in article 2, section 2, of the international load line convention signed at London July 5, 1930. POSTAL UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION AND SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENTS 14 Dominican Republic The British Embassy at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State with a note dated July 10, 1934, a revised schedule of ratifica tions of, and accessions to, the universal postal convention and subsidiary agreements signed at London June 28, 1929, which have been received by the British Government up to June 29, 1934. The schedule shows that, in addition to the ratifications hitherto reported in Treaty Information, the Dominican Republic deposited on March 29, 1934, its ratification of the parcel post agreement. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION 15 Luxemburg-Poland The Spanish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State by notes dated July 12, 1934, of the deposit with the 13 See Bulletin No. 53, February 1934, p. 25. 14 See Bulletin No. 54, March 1934, p. 15. 15 See Bulletin No. 57, June 1934, p. 20. Ministry of State at Madrid on June 9 and May 31, 1934, respectively, of the instruments of ratification by Luxemburg and Poland of the international telecommunication convention signed December 9, 1932. Spain-Spanish Colonies-Spanish Morocco The American Ambassador to Spain reported by a despatch dated June 29, 1934, that the Gaceta de Madrid for June 28, 1934, published the law approving the ratification by Spain of the international telecommunication convention, the general radio regulations, the final radio protocol, the additional radio regulations, the telegraph regulations and telegraph protocol, and the telephone regulations, signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. The adherence by Spain on behalf of the Spanish zone of the Morocco Protectorate and the Spanish Colonies to the convention, the telegraph regulations, and the telegraph protocol was also approved by this law. Syria and the Lebanon By a note dated July 12, 1934, the Spanish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that France, acting as a mandatory power, ratified on behalf of Syria and the Lebanon, on May 22, 1934, the international telecommunication convention, together with the regulations and protocols annexed thereto, signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. Tunis INTERNATIONAL RADIO CONVENTION 16 The French Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State by a note dated June 25, 1934, the instrument of ratification by Tunis of the international radio convention and of the general and supplementary regulations thereto, signed at Washington November 25, 1927. The instrument of ratification was received and deposited in the archives of the Department of State on June 27, 1934, and the convention entered into force in respect of Tunis on that date. MISCELLANEOUS CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF MOVABLE PROPERTY OF HISTORIC VALUE The Director General of the Pan American Union transmitted to the Secretary of State, with a letter dated July 16, 1934, a certified copy of the convention on the protection of movable property of historic value. This convention was opened for signature at the Pan American Union on July 15, 1934, and may be signed by any state a member of the Union. It will enter into effect between the states which ratify it on the date of the deposit of the instruments of ratification. The convention carries out the purpose of Resolution No. XIV of the Seventh International Conference of American States, approved December 16, 1933. The object of the convention is to secure for all the signatory states the knowledge, protection, and preservation of movable monuments of the pre-Columbian and colonial periods and of the epoch of emancipation and the republic, which exist in each state. INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS The United States Government has accepted an invitation extended by the Polish Government to participate in the International Geographical Congress which is to convene at Warsaw on August 23, 1934, and the following persons have been designated to represent this Government: Delegates: Dr. Isaiah Bowman, National Research Council and Director of the American Geographical Society, chairman of the delegation Mr. S. W. Boggs, Geographer, Department of State Dr. Douglas Wilson Johnson, Professor of Physiography, Co- Brig. Gen. James Gordon Steese, D.S.M., U.S. Army, retired, Dr. Oscar Dietrich von Engeln, Professor of Physical Geog- 26 Delegates-Continued Dr. John Kirtland Wright, Librarian, American Geographical Society Miss Louise A. Boyd, Arctic explorer and leader of two expeditions to East Greenland, American Geographical Society Observers: Mr. J. Klahr Huddle, consul general at Warsaw Mr. Clayton Lane, commercial attaché, American Embassy, Warsaw TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS AGREEMENT TO REFRAIN FROM INVOKING THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE MOST-FAVORED-NATION CLAUSE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS The High Contracting Parties, desirous of encouraging the development of economic relations among the peoples of the world by means of multilateral conventions, the benefits of which ought not to inure to countries which refuse to assume the obligations thereof; and desirous also, while reaffirming as a fundamental doctrine the policy of equality of treatment, to develop such policy in a manner harmonious with the development of general economic rapprochement in which every country shall do its part; have decided to enter into an agreement for these purposes, as set forth in the following articles: ARTICLE I The High Contracting Parties, with respect to their relations with one another, will not, except as provided in Article II hereof, invoke the obligations of the most-favored-nation clause for the purpose of obtaining from Parties to multilateral conventions of the type hereinafter stated, the advantages or benefits enjoyed by the Parties thereto. The multilateral economic conventions contemplated in this arti cle are those which are of general applicability, which include a trade area of substantial size, which have as their objective the liberalization and promotion of international trade or other international economic intercourse, and which are open to adoption by all countries. ARTICLE II Notwithstanding the stipulation of Article I, any High Contracting Party may demand, from a State with which it maintains a treaty containing the most-favored-nation clause, the fulfillment of that clause insofar as such High Contracting Party accords in fact to such State the benefits which it claims. 28 |