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Article 28.
The High Contracting Parties agree that, if any dispute whatever should arise between them
relating to the application or interpretation of the present Convention which cannot be settled
by negotiation, this dispute shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice or alter¬
natively, to a court of arbitration. ’
Article 29.
AH the provisions of former general international conventions relating to the matters dealt
with m the present Convention shall be considered as abrogated in so far as they are binding
between the Powers which are parties to the present Convention.
The present Convention shall in no way affect the rights and obligations which may arise
out of the provisions either of the Covenant of the League of Nations or of the Treaties of Peace
signed m 1919 and 1920 at Versailles, Neuilly, St. Germain and Trianon and the provisions of
Agreements registered with the League of Nations and published by the League up to the date
nf f°rCu th.G VTeSe^ Conventioib so far as the Powers which are signatories
of or benefit by the said Treaties or Agreements are concerned.
Note:
The drafting of this article is specially referred to the Legal Section.
Article 30.
The Council of the League of Nations shall cause to be published an annual report on the
trade in arms and munitions of war, the licences issued by the different Governments and the
situation of the trade m arms.
This report shall be submitted to the Assembly of the League of Nations.
Article 31.
The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible.
4.1, ?ower address its ratification to the French Government, which will inform all
the other signatory Powers.
Article 32.
u n?6 C°nv'enfdon shall come into force when ratified by twelve Powers, among which
shall be all of the following: Belgium, United States of America, France, Great Britain Italy
Japan and Russia. y>
Article 33.
The present Convention shall remain in force for ten years. Thereafter it can be denounced
by any High Contracting Party by giving two years’ notice to the Government of the French
Republic, which will inform all the other signatory Powers.
Contracting Parties agree that, at the conclusion of a period of five years the
present Convention shall in the light of experience then gained, be subject to revision upon the
request of ....... of the said High Contracting Parties.

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