File 1355/1917 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic Convention.' [123r] (239/721)
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7ithout prejudice to ariy obligations to which they rr.ay
have subscribed under international conventions dealing with
transit, the undertaice to tai^e suen steps as they reasonably
can to supervise and prohibit the transit of the arms and
munitions of war in Category I which are not accompanied by a
licence made out in the proper form, as laid down in Article 3.
A copy of the licence shall be sent by the exporting State
to the central international body referred to in Article 9 of
the present Convention before the goods pass the frontier of the
exporting country; a second copy shall be sent to the same
international body by the importing country, if one of the K.C.P.
within a month of tho receipt of the consignment, mention being
made of the heading under which the imported goods will anpear
in its imports statistics.
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firearms and ammunition in Category II may, if the exporting
country so desires, be exported without licence except to the
prohibited areas and zone mentioned in Article 10. Provided
nevertheless that in the case of firearms and ammunition adapted
both to warlike and also to other purposes, the H.C.P. hereby
undertake to determine from the size, destination and other
circumstances of each shipment for what uses it is intended and
to decide in each case whether such shipment falls properly
under Category II, or whether it ought to be considered to belong
to Category I and in the latter case they undertake ibhat it shall
oecome subject to Articles 2 and 3 hereof.
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v ^ nG ^^• undertake in addition to prohibit the exoort
^oth of arms and munitions of war in Category I and also of
irearms and ammunition in Category II whether complete or in
pa^ts, to the areas and zone specified in .Article 10. Nevertheless
notwithstanding this prohibition, the High Contracting Parties
tv?+ rve r ioht to grant export licences on the understanding
hat such licences shall be issued only by the authorities of
exporting countries. Such authorities must satisfy themselves
in advance that the arms or amr.unition for which an export
^iconce is requested are not intended for carport to any
ostination or for disposal in any way contrary to the provisions
01 ‘fois Convention.
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Shipments to be offectod under
el ore the coming into force of the
oQverned by its provisions.
contracts entered into
present Convention shall be
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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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