File 1355/1917 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic Convention.' [‎107v] (208/721)

Content

This part of the volume (folios 4-363) contains correspondence related to the Arms Traffic Convention (hereinafter referred to as the Convention). The correspondence covers the following:

• The measures to be taken by the British Government to give effect to the provisions of Chapters III and IV of the Convention
• The Air Ministry’s proposal that the French, Italian, Belgian, and Japanese governments should be urged to agree to prohibit export of small arms and ammunition to prohibited zones
• The application of the terms of the Convention in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea
• The suggestion that the Foreign Office should consider a draft bill to give effect to the Convention
• The exportation of arms and ammunitions to prohibited zones specified in Article 6 of the Convention
• The nationality certificates ( dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. nationality) issued at Aden
• The necessity of the ratification of the 1919 Arms Traffic Convention by the League of Nations
• The views of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on Chapter III of the Convention
• A report of a conference held at Karachi 1-5 August 1921 on the Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
• The question of the adhesion of various governments including France, Bulgaria, Finland, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and the United States to the Convention
• The question of dispensing with export licences in respect of shipments of smooth bore arms or passing in transit through the maritime zones defined in article 6 of the Convention
• The export of arms to Turkey
• The League of Nations’ report of the temporary mixed commission for the reduction of armaments (ff 5-22).

This part of the volume includes multiple copies in both English and French of draft convention amending the Convention signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919 for the Control of the Arms Traffic.

The main correspondents in this part of the volume are the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary of State for India; the Secretary of the Admiralty, London; the Board of Trade; the Viceroy, Foreign Department; the Foreign Office; the Under-Secretary of State, Government of India; the British Delegation to the Leagues of Nation; the Treasury Chambers; the delegations of other governments to the League of Nations; and the League of Nations.

Extent and format

1 item (359 folios)

Written in

English and French in Latin script

View the complete information for this record

Share this item

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100082443001.0x000014">File 1355/1917 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic Convention.' [&lrm;107v] (208/721)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100082443001.0x000014">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000238/IOR_L_PS_10_673_0277.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>

Copyright: How to use this content