Armament > Committee for the regulation of the trade in, and private and state manufacture of, arms and implements of war

Official No.: Conf. D./C. G. 171
Geneva, July 23rd 1934.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
CONFERENCE FOR THE REDUCTION AND LIMITATION
OF ARMAMENTS
COMMITTEE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE TRADE IN,
AND PRIVATE AND STATE MANUFACTURE OF,
ARMS AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR
Note by the President of the Conference.
With reference to Part II, paragraph 3—“ Manufacture of and Trade in Arms "—of the
resolution adopted by the General Commission on June 8th, 1934 (document Conf.D./C.G.
168), the President of the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments has
the honour to forward herewith to the Members of the General Commission the following
documents :
(a) Document Conf.D./C.C.F.47(1)—Report to the General Commission adopted
by the Committee on July 2nd, 1934 ;
(b) Document Conf.D./C.C.F.48(1)—Draft Articles adopted by the Committee
on July 2nd,1934 ;
(c) Document Conf.D./C.C.F./P.V.i7—Minutes of the meeting of the Committee
held on July 2nd, 1934, when the above-mentioned report and draft articles were
adopted.
The President of the Conference wishes particularly to call attention to paragraph 2 of
the report to the General Commission (document Conf.D./C.C.F.47) (1) (a) above.
(a) REPORT TO THE GENERAL COMMISSION
adopted on July 2nd, 1934, by the Committee for the Regulation of the Trade in and Private
and State Manufacture of Arms and Implements of War. 1
{Rapporteur : M. Komarnicki (Poland).)
1. On June 8th, 1934, the General Commission adopted the following resolution :
“ The General Commission requests its special Committee on questions relating to
the manufacture of and trade in arms to resume its work forthwith and, in the light of the
statements made by the United States delegate at the meeting of May 29th, 1934, to report
to it as early as possible on the solutions it recommends. ”
This resolution is the starting-point for the work undertaken by the rapporteur to the
Conference on questions of manufacture of and trade in arms, who, with the authorisation
of the President of the Conference, has had a series of consultations with several interested
delegations who represent, in particular, the principal arms and implements of war producing
countries, with a view to preparing the way for the resumption of the work of the Committee.
The rapporteur’s work has been greatly facilitated by the generous initiative of the dele¬
gation of the United States of America, which, in developing the views expressed by Mr.
Norman Davis at the meeting of the General Commission on May 29th last, has given details
1 Document Conf. D./C.O.Fqyfi) — July 2nd, 1934.
Series of League of Nations Publications
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