HEALTH INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION FOR AIR NAVIGATION * Chile The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at The Hague transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch dated April 23, 1935, a note which he had received from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs informing this government of the deposit of the instrument of adherence of Chile to the international sanitary convention for air navigation, signed at The Hague April 12, 1933. The deposit took place on April 12, 1935. Germany The American Minister to the Netherlands transmitted to the Secretary of State with a despatch of May 2, 1935, a certified copy of the procès-verbal of the deposit of the instrument of ratification by Germany of the international sanitary convention for air navigation signed at The Hague April 12, 1933. The deposit took place on April 17, 1935, and will become effective on the 120th day following the date of the deposit. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT RELATING TO STATISTICS OF CAUSES OF DEATH 5 Panama By a note dated May 1, 1935, the British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that Panama adhered, effective as from April 2, 1935, to the international agreement relating to statistics of causes of death, which was signed at London June 19, 1934, and entered into force on that date. FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE The United States has accepted an invitation extended through the British Embassy in Washington to participate in the Forty-sixth Congress of the Royal Sanitary Institute, to be held at Bournemouth, England, from July 15 to 20, 1935. Surgeon H. A. Spencer, United States Public Health Service, has been designated as the official delegate of this Government. TWENTIETH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LEGAL MEDICINE AND OF SOCIAL MEDICINE The United States has accepted the invitation of the Belgian Government to participate in the Twentieth International Congress of Legal Medicine and of Social Medicine to be held at Brussels from July 17 to 20, 1935. Medical Director C. C. Pierce of the United States Public Health Service, who is stationed in Paris in supervisory charge of European activities, has been designated as the official delegate of this Government. OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS CONVENTION FOR LIMITING THE MANUFACTURE AND REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS (TREATY SERIES, No. 863) Ecuador By a communication dated April 27, 1935, the Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of accession by Ecuador to the convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs, signed at Geneva July 13, 1931, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 13, 1935. Japan The Secretary General of the League of Nations transmitted to the Secretary of State with a circular letter dated April 8, 1935, a copy of a letter dated March 25, 1935, which he had received from the Japanese Consul General at Geneva regarding the reservation to which the Japanese Government made subject its ratification of the convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs signed at Geneva July 13, 1931. The text of the letter follows: "Referring to my letter (A.5001/4) dated January 23rd, 1935, and under instructions from my Government, I have the honour to inform you that the Japanese Government, on March 25th, 1935, made the following declaration: "The Japanese Government declare that in view of the necessity of close co-operation between the High Contracting Parties in order to carry out most effectively the provisions of the Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, signed at Geneva on July 13, 1931, they understand that the present position of Japan, regardless of whether she be a member of the League of Nations, or not, is to be maintained in the matter of the composition of the organs and the appointment of the members thereof mentioned in the said Convention. "March 25th, 10 Showa (1935).' "My Government further instruct me to request you to notify all the other High Contracting Parties to that effect." Panama The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated May 1, 1935, that the instrument of ratification by Panama of the convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs, signed at Geneva July 13, 1931, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 15, 1935. WOMEN AND CHILDREN CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN 8 Afghanistan According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated May 8, 1935, the accession of Afghanistan to the convention for the suppression of the traffic in women and children, signed at Geneva September 20, 1921, was registered with the Secretariat on April 10, 1935. According to information received from the League of Nations the following countries are parties to the convention: Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, British Empire and certain territories and possessions, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Free City of Danzig, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iraq, Irish Free State, Italy and the Italian Colonies, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands and Netherland India, Surinam, and Curaçao, New Zealand, Norway, Persia (Iran), Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Siam, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria and the Lebanon, Union of South Africa, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia. 8 See Bulletin No. 63, December 1934, p. 17. CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN OF FULL AGE 9 Afghanistan According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated May 1, 1935, the accession by Afghanistan to the convention for the suppression of the traffic in women of full age, signed at Geneva October 11, 1933, was registered with the Secretariat on April 10, 1935. Iran (Persia) According to a League of Nations communication dated April 30, 1935, the accession by Iran to the convention for the suppression of the traffic in women of full age, signed at Geneva October 11, 1933, was deposited with the Secretariat on April 12, 1935. 9 See Bulletin No. 67, April 1935, p. 17. ECONOMIC AGRICULTURE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ARGENTINA TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS PLANT AND ANIMAL DISEASES AND OF INSECT PESTS A convention between the United States and Argentina for the prevention of the introduction and spread of infectious and contagious plant and animal diseases and of insect pests was signed at Washington on May 24, 1935. The convention provides that the two Governments shall promptly notify each other of the appearance and extent of plant and animal diseases and of insect pests dangerous to human, animal, or plant life, and that they shall exchange regulations, publications, and information on these diseases and pests and on their prophylaxis and control. Further, each Government undertakes to permit and facilitate the visits or stationing in its territories of experts of the other for the purpose of studying and observing such diseases or pests. This provision is of value to this Government by reason of the extensive investigational work performed abroad by representatives of the Department of Agriculture. The convention recognizes the sovereign right of each country to exclude on sanitary grounds the products of the other. It provides, however, that neither country may prohibit the importation of plant and animal products originating in and coming from any zone of the other country which the importing country finds to be free from animal and plant diseases or pests or exposure to such diseases or pests, for the reason that such diseases or pests exist in other zones of the other country. It is provided that whenever practicable each Government, before applying a new measure of a sanitary character, will consult with the Government of the other country to insure that there will be as little injury to the commerce of the latter country as possible. The convention further provides that if either Government makes representations regarding the application of sanitary laws and regulations to the other, such representations shall receive sympathetic consideration, and that in case of disagreement a committee of technical experts appointed by the two Governments shall consider the matter and |