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File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925' [157r] (318/1226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (609 folios). It was created in 19 Feb 1925-29 Apr 1926. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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\ny High Contracting Party may declare that its signature or ratification or accession does
not as regards the application of the provisions of Chapter II and of Articles 13, 14 and 15
of the present Convention, bind either all or any one of the territories subject to its sovereignty,
i isdiction or protection, provided that such territories are not situated in the special zones as
defined in Article 12.
' \ n y High Contracting Party which has made such a declaration may, subsequently, and in
conformity with the precisions of Article 37, adhere entirely to the present Convention for any
territories so excluded. Such High Contracting Party shall do everything in its power to
ensure as soon as possible the accession of any territories so excluded.
Any High Contracting Party may also, as regards the application of the provisions of
Chapter II and of Articles 13, 14 and 15 of the present Convention, and in conformity with the
procedure laid down in Article 38, denounce the present Convention separately in respect
of any territory referred to above.
Any High Contracting Party which shall have availed itself of the option of exclusion or
of denunciation provided for in the preceding paragraphs undertakes to apply the provisions of
Chapter II to consignments destined for territories in respect of which the option has been
exercised.
Article 37.
The High Contracting Parties will use their best endeavours to secure the accession to the
present Convention of other States. Such States may adhere at any time after the coming into
force of the Convention as provided in Article 41.
Each accession will be notified to the Government of the French Republic and by the latter
to all the signatory or adhering States.
The instruments of accession shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government
of the French Republic.
Article 38.
The present Convention may be denounced by any Party thereto after the expiration of four
years from the date when it came into force in respect of that Party. Denunciation shall be effected
by notification in writing addressed to the Government of the French Republic, which will
forthwith transmit copies of such notification to the other Parties, informing them of the date
on which it was received.
A denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the notification thereof
was received by the Government of the French Republic and shall operate only in respect of the
notifying State.
In case one of the fourteen High Contracting Parties whose ratification will be recorded
in the first proces-verbal of the deposit of ratifications referred to in Article 41 should denounce
it, any other High Contracting Party may also, within a period of one year from the date of
such denunciation, denounce the Convention without waiting for the expiration of the period
of four years mentioned above and may require that its denunciation shall take effect at the
same date as the first mentioned-denunciation.
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Article 39.
The High Contracting Parties agree that, at the conclusion of a period of three years from
the coming into force of the Convention under the terms of Article 41, the present Convention
shall be subject to revision upon the request of one-third of the said High Contracting Parties.
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Article 40.
The present Convention, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, is
subject to ratification. It shall bear to-day’s date.
Each Power shall address its ratification to the Government of the Trench Republic, which
will at once notify the deposit of ratification to each of the other signatory Powers.
I he instruments of ratification will remain deposited in the archives of the Government
of the French Republic.
Article 41.
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issances. 0 the Trench Republic as soon as the Convention shall have been ratified by fourteen Powers,
nation o e c !^ e present Convention shall come into force four months after the date of the notification
mces 0 this proces-verbal by the Government of the French Republic to all signatory Powers.
utesPart^j Subsequently, the present Convention will come into force in respect of each High Con-
ete noti u rac hng Party four months after the date on which its ratification or adhesion shall have been
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The papers in this volume relate to the revised international Arms Traffic Convention (1925).
The papers include: The right to supply munitions to the governments of Afghanistan, Nepal and Tibet should they fall within the ‘prohibited zone’, 11 December 1924; the preference for including all countries bordering India (except Siam) in the prohibited zone should Russia decide to adopt the Convention, and potential British support for Persia’s claim to exclusion from the zone should Russia decide to reject the Convention, 3 February 1925; the exclusion of Persia and Afghanistan from the prohibited zone, and possible arrangement of imports through Bushire [Bushehr], Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Karachi, 18 February-12 March 1925; the proposed abandonment of the term ‘prohibited’ areas to induce Turkey and Persia to join the Convention, and empowerment of the governments of the countries bordering India, 24 March 1925; the readiness of HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. to support Persia’s request for exclusion from the prohibited zone in order to ensure the strict regulation of the private arms trade from Russia to India via Persia, 5-11 April 1925; the Government of India’s objections to Article 25 of the Convention, 11-30 April 1925; the Conference on Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition, Geneva, 6 May-17 June 1925; the report on the proceedings of the Inter-Departmental Committee assembled to consider the draft Convention for Control of the Trade in Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War produced by the Temporary Mixed Commission of the League of Nations, with annexes including drafts of the Convention by the Temporary Mixed Commission and the Inter-Departmental Committee, and a minute by the Secretary of State on the Arms Traffic Conference, 23-28 April 1925; the protocol on the use of asphyxiating, poisonous and other gases in times of war, 20 May-14 June 1925; the list of countries designated as ‘special zones’ in the Arms Traffic Convention, 25-27 May 1925; the proposal of the Persian delegate Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Reżā Khan Arfaʿ al-Dawla, 29 May-6 June 1925; the nomination of a Jurist Committee by the Bureau for the purpose of determining the status of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in international law as the best means of dealing with the Persian delegation, 4-11 June 1925; the Persian amendment to the second paragraph of Article 15 of the Convention, 8-9 June 1925; the protest of the High Commissioner for Iraq at the inclusion of the country in a special zone, 8-25 June 1925; the vote on the inclusion of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman as special zones, 11-15 June 1925; the declaration on the manufacture of arms, ammunition and implements of war, 8 June 1925; the general report on the League of Nations’ Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, including the texts of the Convention, Statement regarding the Territory of Ifni, Protocol on Chemical and Bacteriological Warfare, Protocol of Signature, and the Final Act, dated at Geneva, 14 June 1925 (texts in French and English); the statement of Sir Percy Cox on the Persian arguments concerning maritime zones, and the response of the Persian delegate General Habibullah Khan [Ḥabib Allāh Khan Shāybanī], 15 June 1925-28 January 1926; the inspection of ships at Indian ports and interception of arms bound for China, 22 October 1925-29 April 1926.
The volume also includes a decree by the Shah of Persia, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh Qājār against arms trafficking, signed on his behalf by the Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam, Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ʻAlī Aṣghar Khān Amīn al-Sulṭān, dated 1 January 1900 (in French).
The correspondence in this volume is primarily between the Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department; Secretary of State for India; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Under-Secretary of State, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; the Admiralty; Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow; HM Consul Geneva; War Office; Foreign Office; India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; Colonial Office; Sir Percy Zachariah Cox; Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel; Secretary of State for the Colonies.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (609 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1355 (Peace Settlement: The Arms Traffic Convention 1919) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/672-675. The volumes are divided into 6 parts; with part 1 comprising one volume, parts 2, 4 and 5 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, and part 6 comprising the fourth volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 610; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 242a.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/675
- Title
- File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925'
- Pages
- 60r:113v, 143r:184v
- Author
- League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War
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