Remarks.

1. The Japanese delegation considered that publicity of the manufactures should in all cases be given in terms of value only.

2. The Czechoslovak, French, Italian, Polish and Roumanian delegations could not accept the second paragraph. They considered, together with the Belgian delegation, that publicity in regard to State manufacture could only be determined in connection with the decisions to be taken by the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference concerning publicity of material, in pursuance of its resolution of May 4th, 1929.

ARTICLE 6.

The High Contracting Parties, in all cases covered by Category III, undertake to publish as soon as possible, and in any case not later than within two months after the close of each quarter beginning on January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, the return for that quarter, giving the information detailed below for each vessel of war constructed, or in the course of construction, within their territorial jurisdiction.

(a) The date of laying the keel, and the following data:

Standard displacement in tons and metric tons; the principal dimensions, namely, length at water line, extreme beam at or below water-line and mean draft at standard displacement;

(b) Date of delivery or date of completion, together with the following data with respect to the vessel at that date:

Standard displacement in tons and metric tons; the principal dimensions, namely, length at water-line, extreme beam at or below water-line, mean draft at standard displacement, as well as the following information regarding the armament installed on board the vessel at the date of delivery and forming part of the vessel's normal armament: Number and calibre of guns;

Number and calibre of torpedo-tubes;
Number of bomb-throwers;

Number of machine-guns.

By standard displacement in the present article is to be understood the displacement of the vessel complete, fully manned, engined and equipped ready for sea, including all armament and ammunition, equipment, outfit, provisions and fresh water for crew, miscellaneous stores and implements of every description that are intended to be carried in war, but without fuel or reserve feed water on board.

The standard displacement of a submarine is the surface displacement of a vessel complete (exclusive of the water in non-watertight structure), fully manned, engined and equipped ready for sea, including all armament and ammunition, equipment, outfit, provisions for crew, miscellaneous stores and implements of every description that are intended to be carried in war, but without fuel, lubricating oil, fresh water or ballast of any kind on board.

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ARTICLE 7.

The articles covered by Category V shall only be subject to suc publicity as may be prescribed by the national legislation.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

ARTICLE 8.

In time of war, the application of the present Convention shall h suspended as regards belligerents until the restoration of peace.

Remarks.

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The delegations of Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Persis Poland and Roumania have expressed the opinion that the follow ing words should be added: * and also as regards non belligerents threatened by the war. Neutral High Contractin Parties who avail themselves of this right shall duly notify the other High Contracting Parties".

ARTICLE 9.

The present Convention shall not be deemed to affect any rights and obligations which may arise out of the provisions of the Covenant of the League of Nations, or of the Treaties of Peace signed in 1919 and 1920 at Versailles, Neuilly, St. Germain and Trianon, or of the Treaty limiting Naval Armaments signed at Washington on February 6th 1922, or of any other treaty, convention, agreement or engagement concerning the manufacture of arms and ammunition and of implements of war.

ARTICLE 10.

The High Contracting Parties will use their best endeavours to secure the accession to the present Convention of other States.

Each accession will be notified to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, and by the latter to all the signatory or acceding States.

The instruments of accession shall remain deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations.

ARTICLE 11.

The present Convention may be denounced by any High Contracting 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 Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who will forthwith communicate such notification to the other Contracting Parties, informing them of the date on which it was received.

A denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of the receipt of the notification thereof by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, and shall operate only in respect of the notifying States. Should the Convention be denounced by one of the Powers whose ratification is a condition of its entry into force, 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.

ARTICLE 12.

Any State signing or acceding to the present Convention may declare, at the moment of its signature, ratification or accession, that its acceptance of the present Convention does not apply to any or all of the overseas territories under its sovereignty, authority or jurisdiction, and may accede subsequently, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10, on behalf of any territory so excluded. Denunciation may also be effected separately in respect of any such territory, and the provisions of Article 11 shall apply to any such denunciation.

Remarks

The delegations of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Salvador proposed that this article should be omitted.

ARTICLE 13.

The High Contracting Parties agree that, at the conclusion of a period of three years from the coming into force of the present Convention under the terms of Article 15, this Convention shall be subject to revision upon the request of one-third of the said High Contracting Parties, which request shall be addressed to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations.

ARTICLE 14.

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 Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who will at once notify the deposit of such ratification to each of the other signatory Powers.

The instruments of ratification will remain in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations.

ARTICLE 15.

A first procès-verbal of the deposit of ratifications shall be drawn up by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations as soon as the present Convention shall have been ratified by the following Powers: [Here follows the list of the principal producing Powers, to be drawn up by the Conference.]

The Convention shall come into force four months after the date of the notification of this procès-verbal by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations to all signatory Powers.

Subsequently, the Convention will come into force in respect of each High Contracting Party four months after the date on which its ratification or accession shall have been notified by the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations to all signatory or acceding States.

Remarks.

The delegations of Spain and Salvador recommended that the text of this article should correspond to that of Article 41 of the Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War of June 17th, 1925, to the effect that the Convention should come into force after ratification by fourteen Powers.

ARTICLE 16.

The High Contracting Parties agree to accept reservations which may be made by Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Roumania at the moment of their signature of the present Convention, and which shall suspend, until the accession of Russia to the present Convention under the same conditions as the said Powers, the application, in respect of those States, of Articles ... of the present Convention.

EMBARGO OF ARMS AND STRATEGIC MATERIALS: ACTION IN THE UNITED NATIONS

100. EMBARGO AGAINST COMMUNIST CHINA AND NORTH KOREA: RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MAY 18, 1951 1

The General Assembly.

Noting the report of the Additional Measures Committee dated 14 May 1951.

Recalling its resolution 498 (V) of 1 February 1951,
Noting that:

(a) The Additional Measures Committee established by that resolution has considered additional measures to be employed to meet the aggression in Korea,

(b) The Additional Measures Committee has reported that a number of States have already taken measures designed to deny contributions to the military strength of the forces opposing the United Nations in Korea,

(c) The Additional Measures Committee has also reported that certain economic measures designed further to deny such contributions would support and supplement the military action of the United Nations in Korea and would assist in putting an end to the aggression,

1. Recommends that every State:

(a) Apply an embargo on the shipment to areas under the control of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China and of the North Korean authorities of arms, ammunition, and implements of war, atomic energy materials, petroleum, transportation materials of strategic value, and items useful in the production of arms, ammunition and implements of war;

(b) Determine which commodities exported from its territory fall within the embargo, and apply controls to give effect to the embargo;

1 UN Document A/1805.

(c) Prevent by all means within its jurisdiction the circumvention of controls on shipments applied by other States pursuant to the present resolution;

(d) Co-operate with other States in carrying out the purposes of this embargo;

(e) Report to the Additional Measures Committee, within thirty days and thereafter at the request of the Committee, on the measures taken in accordance with the present resolution; 2. Requests the Additional Measures Committee:

(a) To report to the General Assembly, with recommendations as appropriate, on the general effectiveness of the embargo and the desirability of continuing, extending, or relaxing it;

(b) To continue its consideration of additional measures to be employed to meet the aggression in Korea, and to report thereon further to the General Assembly, it being understood that the Committee is authorized to defer its report if the Good Offices Committee reports satisfactory progress in its efforts;

3. Reaffirms that it continues to be the policy of the United Nations to bring about a cessation of hostilities in Korea, and the achievement of United Nations objectives in Korea by peaceful means, and requests the Good Offices Committee to continue its good offices.

101. FIRST REPORT OF THE UN COLLECTIVE MEASURES COMMITTEE, 1951 (EXCERPT) 1

2. EMBARGO ON EXPORTS TO THE OFFENDING COUNTRY

78. In the case of a decision by the Security Council or by the General Assembly to recommend the application of an embargo on exports to the offending country, the Council or the Assembly should consider immediately the type of embargo, i. e., total embargo or embargoes on arms or other exports, which would be most appropriate in the light of the circumstances of the case. The general types of embargo are described below.

(a) TOTAL EMBARGO

79. In the event of aggression, a total embargo of exports is the primary, and generally the most effective, economic sanction for denying to an aggressor country access to goods which will add to or maintain its ability to conduct or continue aggression. Economic sanctions other than a total or selective embargo are, in the main, supplementary or ancillary means to prevent a nation from circumventing embargo measures. Furthermore, by reason of its absolute nature, a total embargo may be swiftly invoked, and the absence of qualitative or quantitative exceptions makes for prompt and effective administration. The knowledge of the probability that a complete embargo would be promptly and very widely invoked should serve as a powerful deterrent to a potential aggressor. If a total embargo were applied, the Security Council or the General Assembly could thereafter consider united action towards relaxation to permit the export of selected commodities for humanitarian or other special reasons.

UN Document, A/1891.