Armament > Co-ordination of the Draft Convention and of the propositions referred to the General Commission on the resumption of its work

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I. Memoranda presented by Certain Delegations.
Memorandum by the Afghan Delegation (document Conf.D.n6).
The Afghan delegation has submitted a memorandum containing eight points :
Point i relates to the abolition of every kind of heavy artillery. 1
Point 2 relates to the abolition of tanks and armoured cars. 1
Point 3 relates to the abolition of bombing machines and prohibition of dropping bombs. 1
Point 4 relates to the abolition of chemical and bacteriological weapons. 1
Point 5 relates to the abolition of certain fortifications. 1
Point 6 relates to the equalisation of armed forces. 1
Point 7 relates to the limitation of material by budgetary methods. 2
Point 8 relates to the protection of the civil population. 1
All these proposals relate to points already appearing in document Conf.D.102 and no
new principle is involved.
Memorandum by the Argentine Delegation (document Conf.D.107).
The Argentine delegation has submitted an amendment to its original proposal (document
Conf.D.99, page 52) concerning capital ships, mentioned in point 5 on page 15 of document
Conf.D.102. The purpose of this amendment is to co-ordinate different proposals of the same
kind submitted by other delegations. 3
No new principle is involved and no change is necessary in this connection in the General
Commission's agenda.
Memorandum by the Chinese Delegation (document Conf.D.m).
The memorandum gives the reasons for the Chinese delegation’s proposals regarding
the criteria of limitation already figuring in 111(a), page 3, and in 3(6), page 4 of document
Conf.D.102 4 5
It then deals with the abolition of aggressive arms. 6
No new principle is involved and no change is necessary in the General Commission's
agenda.
Memorandum by the Danish Delegation (document Conf.D.112).
The memorandum contains six proposals.
(1) The first deals with the abolition of aggressive arms. The memorandum is
supplemented on this point by a draft resolution (document Conf.D./C.G.ib (1)) which stipulates
that the proposed abolition must be supplemented by a prohibition of the manufacture and
preparation of the said arms and of training in their use. The principle of the prohibition of
these arms, which figures in III (a) of the General Commission’s agenda, seems to imply that
of the prohibition of manufacture and preparation. On the other hand, prohibiton of training
in their use is a new complementary idea, which already figures in point 2, page 11 of document
Conf.D.102, the principle of which can also be discussed under point III of the Agenda.
The memorandum enumerates the arms covered by the proposal and states the reasons
for including them in the list. 6
(2) Proposal II relates to the procedure to be employed in studying the inter¬
nationalisation or control of civil aviation proposed by the Danish delegation and figuring
in Article 28, point 3, page 20, of document Conf.D.102. 7 No new principle is raised. Never¬
theless, the General Commission might refer this proposal immediately to the Air Commission,
since it affects the latter’s procedure and hence might be discussed by it.
1 Add to document Conf.D.102 the name of Afghanistan and a reference to document Conf.D.116,
at the following places :
Page 2 under point I (a) ; page 12 under points 1, 7, 8, and 10 ; page 17 under point 6 ; page 18
under point 8 ; page 23 under point 4 ; page 24 under point 1.
2 Insert the proposal in document Conf.D.102 on page 21 between points 1 and 2.
3 The new Argentine proposal will have to be inserted between points 5 and 6 on page 13 of the
co-ordinating table (document Conf.D.102). That figuring in point 5, page 15, should be deleted.
4 Reference to document Conf.D.m should be made under these points in document Conf.D.102.
5 Add the name of China to Chapter C, 3, page 17, and Part V, point 4, page 23 of document
Conf.D.102.
6 Add the name of Denmark after the names of the countries having asked for the abolition of each
of the said arms—i.e., to points 2, 6 and 7, page 12 ; Article 14, point 1, and Article 15, point I, page 15;
Article 16, point 1, page 16 ; point 23, page 15 ; Chapter C, points 1 to 3, page 17 ; and points 3, 8 and 12,
page 24 of document Conf.D.102.
7 Reference to document Conf.D.112 should be made under this point in Document Conf.D,io2.