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'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [15r] (9/112)
The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 1920. It was written in English. 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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7
PART I.
THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF
1 he High Contracting Parties,
In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve
and security
by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war,
by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations,
by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the
actual rule of conduct among Governments, and
by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations
in the dealings of organised peoples with one another,
Agree to this Covenant of the League of Nations.
Article 1.
The original Members of the League of Nations shall be those of the Signatories
which are named in the Annex to this Covenant and also such of those other States
named in the Annex as shall accede without reservation to this Covenant. Such
accession shall be effected by a Declaration deposited with the Secretariat within two
months of the coming into force of the Covenant. Notice thereof shall be sent to all
other Members of the League.
Any fully self-governing State, Dominion or Colony not named in the Annex may
become a Member of the League if its admission is agreed to by two-thirds of the
Assembly, provided that it shall give effective guarantees of its sincere intention to
observe its international obligations, and shall accept such regulations as may be
prescribed by the League in regard to its military, naval and air forces and armaments.
Any Member of the League may, after two years’ notice of its intention so to do,
withdraw from the League, provided that all its international obligations and all its
obligations under this Covenant shall have been fulfilled at the time of its withdrawal.
Article 2.
The action of the League under this Covena. *■ shall be effected through the instru
mentality of an Assembly and of a Council, with a permanent Secretariat.
Article 3.
The Assembly shall consist of Representatives of the Members of the League.
The Assembly shall meet at stated intervals and from time to time as occasion may
require at the Seat of the League or at such other place as may be decided upon.
The Assembly may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of action
of the League or affecting the peace of the world.
At meetings of the Assembly each Member of the League shall have one vote, and
may have not more than three Representatives.
Article 4.
The Council shall consist of Representatives of the Principal Allied and Associated
Powers, together with Representatives of four other Members of the League, fhese
four Members of the League shall be selected by the Assembly from time to time in its
discretion. Until the appointment of the Representatives of the four Members of the
League first selected by the Assembly, Representatives of Belgium, Brazil, Spain and
Greece shall be members of the Council.
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NATIONS.
international peace
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A treaty of peace signed by the members of the League of Nations and Turkey.
The treaty is divided into a preamble followed by 13 parts. Part 1 constitutes the Covenant of the League of Nations; further parts are entitled:
- 'Frontiers of Turkey'.
- 'Political Clauses'.
- 'Protection of Minorities'.
- 'Military, Naval and Air Clauses'.
- 'Prisoners of War and Graves'.
- 'Penalties', 'Financial Clauses'.
- 'Economic Clauses'.
- 'Aerial Navigation'.
- 'Ports, Waterways and Railways'.
- 'Labour'.
- 'Miscellaneous Provisions'.
3 maps are located at the back (f 62), and the whole is contained within the original front and back covers (f 11 and f 63).
Published under the title Treaty Series No 11 (1920), Cmd. 964 .
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- 1 file (51 folios)
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This file consists of a single treaty divided into a summary.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at folio 11 and terminates at folio 63, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 11-62; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled and crossed through.
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- 'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]'
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- 11r:62v, 62Ar:62Av, 62Br:62Bv, 62Cr:62Cv, 63r:63v
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