File 1355/1917 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic Convention.' [96r] (185/721)
The record is made up of 1 item (359 folios). It was created in 10 Sep 1919-27 Sep 1924. 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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[Translation.]
CONVENTION FOR THE CONTROL OF THE
TRADE IN ARMS AND AMMUNITION, AND
PROTOCOL, SIGNED AT SAINT-GERMAIN-
EN-LAYE, SEPTEMBER 10, 1919 .
The United States of America, Belgium, Bolivia, the British
Empire, China, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti,
the Hedjaz, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Por
tugal, lioumania, the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Siam, and Czecho
slovakia ;
Whereas the long war now ended, in which most nations have
successively become involved, has led to the accumulation in various
parts of the world of considerable quantities of arms and munitions
of war, the dispersal of which would constitute a danger to peace and
public order;
Whereas in certain parts of the world it ‘is necessary to exercise
special supervision of the trade in, and the possession of, arms and
ammunition;
Whereas the existing treaties and conventions, and particularly
the Brussels Act of July 2 , 1890 , regulating the traffic in arms and
ammunition in certain regions, no longer meet present conditions,
which require more elaborate provisions applicable to a wider area
in Africa and the establishment of a corresponding regime in certain
territories in Asia;
Wffiereas a special supervision of the maritime zone adjacent to
certain countries is necessary to ensure the efficacy of the measures
adopted by the various Governments both as regards the importation
of arms and ammunition into those countries and the export of such
arms and ammunition from their own territory;
And with the reservation that, after a period of seven years, the
present Convention shall be subject to revision in the light of the
experience gained, if the Council of the League of Nations, acting if
need be by a majority, so recommends;
Have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:
The President of the United States of America:
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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.
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