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Document 12.
DRAFT CONVENTION PRESENTED BY THE FIRST
SUB-COMMISSION TO THE TEMPORARY MIXED COMMISSION,
MARCH 27th, 1924.
Preamble.
[Note: The drafting of this preamble is expressly referred to the Legal Section of the
Secretariat.]
[Here will follow the names of the High Contracting Parties signing the new Convention.]
Whereas the Convention of St. Germain was signed by the High Contracting Parties therein
mentioned;
Whereas certain of them were not able to ratify such Convention;
Whereas, for this and for other reasons, it is desirable to amend such Convention;
Whereas it is necessary to exercise a general supervision over the trade in arms and am¬
munition with the object of securing the fullest possible publicity in regard to such trade, thereby
drawing attention to the danger of the accumulation, in peace-time, of stocks of munitions,
Whereas it is necessary to institute a uniform procedure for the supervision over the trade
in fire-arms and ammunition which are capable of both warlike and other uses;
Whereas the existing treaties and conventions, and particularly the Brussels Act of July 2nd,
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;
Whereas 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
importance of arms and ammunition into these countries and the export of such arms and
ammunition from their own territory:
Have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:
[Here will follow the names of the Plenipotentiaries of the new High Contracting Parties^]
Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form,
Have agreed as follows:
Article i.
This Convention applies to the following arms and munitions:
Category I. —Arms and Munitions of War, as follows:
(a) Ships of war of all kinds, including submarines and submersibles.
(b) Airships, aeroplanes and seaplanes for use in war.
(c) Tanks and armoured cars.
(d) Artillery of all kinds.
(e) Apparatus for the discharge of all kinds of projectiles, and for the discharge of
all kinds of bombs, torpedoes and depth charges.
(/) Flame-throwers.
\g) Mines, whether for land or water.
[h] Torpedoes and depth charges of all kinds.
(i) Bombs and grenades of all kinds.
(/) Machine-guns and rifled small-bore breech-loading weapons of all kinds.
\k) Pistols and revolvers of all kinds.
(l) Ammunition of all kinds for use with any of the above.
(m) Explosives and propellants of all kinds for use in war.
(n) Component parts of any of the above, including mountings.