Transfer to the United Nations of the Functions and Powers Exercised by the League of Nations Under the International Convention of 20 September 1921 on Traffic in Women and Children, the Convention of 11 October 1933 on Traffic in Women of Full Age, and the Convention of 12 September 1923 on Traffic in Obscene Publications

A/RES/126(II)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1948.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Illicit Traffic Pornography Prostitution Treaties (Text)Treaty Registration Treaty Review

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Desirous of continuing intcrnational co-opcr- Désireus1• de pourwinc la collahoration intcration in order to rnpprcss thc traffic in womcn ancl n,1tionak en vuc de réprimer la traite des frmmes childrcn and in ohscenc puh!icatiom,

Approves thc Proto( oL which accornpany this resolution;

prtsentc résolutio11;

Urges that thcy shall be signcd ,vithout dclay by all the States whirh an· Partíc.; te, thc abovt:- mentioned Convent ions;

¡ Yt'ntions ci-dcssm mentionnées;

Recommends that, pending thc cntrv into force H.ccornrnandc que, en attendant l'entréc en viof the aforesaid Protocols, effe< t be givcn to their gunir desdits Prntncoks, kurs dispositions soicnt appliqufrs par les Etat, partics a !'une nu l'autre provisions by thc Partics to anv of thc Conventions;

de ces Com'Cntions;

lnstructs thc Sccretary-Gcnnal to perform the Donnc pour instrnct1011s au Scerétairc général functions confcrred upon him bv the aforcsaid de s'acquittcr, cks l'cr1tréc en vigueur dcsdits Pro- Protocols u pon thcir t:ntrv intu force;

Directs the Econornic and Social Cuunci! and the Secretary-GencraL in vicw of thc General Ascrétaire général, n1 ),1 résolution sur les relaticms sembly's rcsolution 011 thc rclations of l\Icmbers of the United Nation,, with Spain adoptnl ton lJ .idoptfr par I' Asscmhlée générale le CJ février February 1946,' to rnspend al! actio11 under thesc 1 <i Hi', it suspcndre l'application des Protocoles et Protocols and thc Crn1\Tntions mcntioncd almvc dt"< ComTntimis mcntionnl"s ci-de~sus, en ce qui with respect to the Fr.u1cu Covcrnment in Spain ( 011,cruc le ( ;o, nTrncrncnt cspagnol de Franco as long as this Governnwnt is in pown.

tant que ce Gom-crnen:cnt restera au pouvoir.

Ninf'!y-,c:·1·nth /Jlenary meetin!',,

(!111ilr!'<'i11/,l-dn-septihnc s/ance ¡1léniere,

20 Octobn 1947.

le 20 octobrr /947. DRAFT PROTO< :oL TO AMEND THL l'ROJET DE PROTOCOLE AMENDANT CONVENTION FOR THE SlJPPRES- SION OF THE TRAFFIC IN \VO'.vIEN AND CHILDREN, CONCLliDED AT DES ENF:\NTS, CONCLUE A GENEVE GENEVA ON :;o ,'iLPTJ:l\fHLR 1921 ,.

AND THE CONVENTION FOR THJi VENTION l'OUR LA REPRESSION DE SUPPRESSION OF THF TRAFFIC L'\ WOMEN OF FULL 1\GE, CONCLUDED COJ\CLUE .\ CE.'\E\'E LE l l OCTO- AT GENEVA ON 11 OCTOilER nn IHU'. J<i,;

The Parties to thc present Protocol, rnnsider- Lr·~ l:1:1ts partic: au pr<-:wnt Prot,wolc, (on- , ing that, under the Convention for thc Suppressi¡kr:ml q 11c la Cnm-cntior; conctTnant la réprcssion of the Traffic in Women and Childrcn con- '. Sl<lll d,: l.t tr:1ilt' d(':, frmmcs et dl's cnfant~. concluded at Gencva 011 :'.O September 192 l '. and the Conn:ntion fer tite SI!pprcssion of thc TralTic : ( :,mn:ntion c<Jnccrnant la r<-prc,sion de ];¡ traite . 'See Resolutions ado¡,trd liy 1/11· C:rneral As;rml,/y d,npage 39. :i Scc League of r,:ations Trn1.1-,. . .\'( 1.P1, volumc 9, p;i,i:::,· 'Ibid., voluml' 150, pag,· t\L

de:, [c1mn,•:; majcurc,, , onduc iL Gcncve le_ 11 in Womcn of Full /\ge, concludcd at Grncva _on octubre l ():n, ont rnnlié :1. la Société des Nat10ns 11 Octobcr 1933, thc Leaguc of Nations was mvcsted with certain functions aml powcrs for the continucd performance of which it is neccssary tions. il c,t n.'.-rcssairc de prendrc des dispositil'.ns to makc provision in conse9ucncc of thc (~Íss~lution of thc Leaguc of Natwns, ami cons1dermg en vue d'cn assurcr J'arcomplissement sans mtcrruptill11, et t.(lllsidé1 ant qu ·¡¡ es~ opportun qu_c that it is expedient that thcse functions ami powers should be performcd hcnccforth hy thc d{·s(,nn.ti~ par J'Organi,ation des Nations Unics, Unitcd Nations, hcrcby agrcc a~ follows · son1 n,11,Tnus des dü0po~:tions ,uivantes:

ARTICLE I ARTICLE i'REMIER Les Etats parties au préscnt Protocole prennent Thc Partics to the prcseHt Protocol undertakc that as betwcen themselves they will, each in rel'cn,!_ag('mcnt qu'cntrc cux-mcmes, chacun en ce spect of the instruments to which it is a Party qui ronrcrnc les instrumcnts auxquels il est partie, and in accordancc with the provisions of the present Protocol, attributc full legal force and Pn,tornlc, ib ;1ttribucront pkin dlct juridique aux ,tmcmkrncnts a ces instrumcnts nwntionnés effect to, and duly apply thc amendments to, those instruments whidl are set furth in the an-- :\ l'anr1<·xc du présent Protocole, les mettront en nex to the prescnt ProtocoL \'lg, wur et en assurcront l'application.

ARTICLE II :\1,·:·1c11. ! 1 The Secretary-General shall prepare tcxts of the Conventions as rcvised in accordance with Convrntions rcvisécs ronforrnément au pr{scnt the prescnt Protocol, and shall scnd copies for Pn ,to,·, ,]e, et transrnettra :t titrc d'information, their information to the Govcrnmcnts of every de, copies au Gouvnncment de chaque Etat :Member of the Unitcd Nations aml cvcry non- ~,,lcmbrc de l'Organisation des Nations Unics, member Statc to which this Protocol is open for airn;Í qu'au Coun:rnc-mcnt de chaquc Etat non signaturc or acccptance. He shall also invite m, rnbn· ;'i b signatnrt' ou ;\ l'acceptation duque! Parties to auy of thc instruments to be amendccl k pr(s,·11 t Protc)('olc rst ouvert. II invitcra égaki, ll '1 ll lc.s partics :, l'tm des in~trurncnts qui doivent by the present Protocol to apply thc amcndcd (~tn· anH'Hdé-s par le prbcnt Protocole a appliquer texts of thosc iPstrumcnts as soon as the amendments are in force, cvcn if thcy havc not yet bccn les t<'XI(·, ;1:m:11dés de ffS instruments cfrs l'cntréc ahlc to bl'COllll' F:1rt:c .. lo dw p1<·,c111 Pn,ton,L c11 \'Ít;1H'Lll' dt's arncndcrnc11ts, mi'-me si clics n'om p,:,._ p11 d(',T:•Ít p:trtic,.., d!l pn~--:cin i)n1tocol~·.

ARTICLF Ill Le prc'.-sent l'mtucuk ,n;1 ouvcrt a la signaturc Thc prcscnt Protocc,l shall l,l: llpcn for signaturc or acccptancc by any of thc l'artics to thc Conw11tion du :m scptrmbrc 1 ()'._! 1 pour b rc'.-pres- Convcmio11 of 30 Septcmbcr l <)2 l fur thc Supprcssion of the Trafiic in \Vurncn and Childrcn or the Co11vcntion of 11 Octobcr l ~íTl for thc Lt ( :rn ,, c11t Ícn dn 1 l , H tohrc 1 '1'.U pour la r{prcs- Suppression of thc TrafIÍ( in vVorncn <,f F11ll sion d" b t r:1 it(· drs fcmnws rnajt·11rcs. :i1n:qnels Age, to which tlte Sccrctary-Ccneral li:is um1- :--i,, r:'t;u1T !~.'.-11(-r.,l ,uira comm1rniq11t· une I(' municatcd a cop) of this Protocol copie ,!11 pn\c111 Prnt(H'Oic.

States may bccornc l ';1r1 ic,, to thc prcsent l'm- L,.:" Etat, ponrront dcn·nir partics au préseHt tocol by:

P-ow,·,,lc:

(a) Signatun: without rcservation as to ap-- u !~11 !,- signant sans r{scrvc quant it l':lpprobaproval; or tin11; 011

( b) Acccptance, which sh:ill be dfcetcd h·.

¿.,

En l'zwceptant; l'a,-ccptation s'efiect 11na par the dcposit oí a formal instnnncnt with the Scc- ,

!t (kptit d'1111 imtrumcnt formcl aupri':s du retary-Gencral of tite l!nitcd N:1,io11s.

:,nrét:un: génc'.-1 .tl de J'Orr:anisation des Na-

Tite prcscnt Prnt()( .i! sit:1/l c"ílll' into !orce l. Le pn'sc11t Protoclllc cntrcra en vigucur ,\ on thc date on which t"" or 111,;rc Sutes sh.111 l:i rbtc :, laq, wllc dcu" rni plusic1Jrs Etats y have bccomc Pal'lics tbcn:t•J.

d,·v1c1Hlrn1lt partics.

The amendments sd forth in thc anncx to ':'. l .t·s ;mu:mkmcnts mcntionn{s ;\ l'annexe au the present Protocol ~hall come into force in rc-- pn:sc11t I'n ,tocolc t·11trcront en vigueur, en ce qui spcct of cach Conve11tion when a maj,)ritv nf th,· e, !I 1cn11,· chaque ( :onvention, lorsqu'unc ma- Parties thereto have bc,omc Partíc;, t,, thc· prcscnt j, 111t<: ,J,.,; p:trtics ú la Convcntion sera devenue Protocol, and consequcntly an\ State bccnmi11g partir ,m préscnt Protocole; par conséquent, a Party to eithcr Convcntion. aftcr thc amcnd- !·rn t Etat ,pi dcvicnt p;irtic ,\ ]'une des Con ven-

mcnts thcrcto have come into force, shall become a Party to thc Convcntion as so amendcd.

ARncLF. vr In accordance with paragraph I of Articlc 10:.? of the Charter of the Unitcd Nations, and thc regulations pursuant thereto adoptcd by the General Assembly, thc Sccrctary-Gcncral of th<" Unitcd Nations is authorized to effcct rcgistration of the prescnt Protocol and the amcndments made in each Convention by this Protocol on tht· respective dates of their cntry into force, and to publish the Protocol and the amended Convrntions as soon as possiblc after registration.

ARTICLE VII The present Protocol, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nati011s Sccretariat. Thc Conventions to be amended in accordance with thc annex being in the English and French languages only, the English and French texts of the annex shall equally be the authentic tcxts, and the Chinese, Russian ancl Spanish tcxts will be translations.

A certified copy of thc Protocol, including thc annex, shall be sent by thc Secretary-Gcneral to each of the Parties to the Convention of 30 September 1921, for the Suppression of the Traffic in \Vomen and Children or the Con\'ention of 1 1 October 1933 for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age as well as to ali Membcrs of the Unitcd Natio;is.

lx WITNESS WHEREOF thc undersigncd, beinµd11ly authorized thcrcto by their respective Gov- ,·rnmcnts, signcd thc prcsent Protocol on the date ;'.ppcaring oppositc thcir respectiYe ~ignatmes.

DoNJ; at ...... this dav of .... _. 194

Annex I

INTERNATIONAL CONVE_\:TION FOR THE SUPPRESSIO'.\1 OF TIIE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHfLDREl\', Of'E'.'Hm FOR SIGNATURE AT CENEV:\. :,O SEl'- TEMBER l<J2I Th<' first paragra¡,h nf 011i, 1, 9 ,Jiall rc:id.

Thc prnent Conwntío11 i, ,ubj(Tt lP ratiJi,atior1. As from 1 January l'1!8 instnllll('Il(s of ratif:catioll shall be transmittcd to tlw S,·cn·tarv-Gc·ncral of tlw United Nations, who will 11otifv Üll: receipt of tlwrn to ~frmbns of the Unitc·d l\ations and to nonrnr·m~wr Statc:s to wlrid1 tlw S,·, n·t,1r,-Gl'11n;d h:h C('Tl!lllunic:rt<"d a copv of tlw C:onv1·11tí"n Tlw i11- strunwnts of r;itifi.-;ition ,.h:111 1..- d,l""itnl Í!i tlw archivn of (11(' S,·,·rct:.r; it "f tlw t 1nitn1 '.\Jation,_

Article JO shall f('ad:

Members of tlw Unitt d Nations ni:iv ;t('('(·dc to the prcsent C:om cntiun.

Thc samc applies to 11011-membcr States to which the Economic and Social Council of the tions apn\s que les amendements s'y rapportant seront entrés en vigueur, deviendra partie a la Convention ainsi modifiée.

ARTICLE VI Conformément aux dispositions du paragraphe premier de l' Article 102 de la Charte des N ations

tions adoptés par l'Assemblée générale, le Se- ' rétaire général de l'Organisation des Nations U nies cst autorisé a enregistrer le présent Pro to- 'ole et les amendements apportés a chaque Conpective~ de leur entrée en vigueur, et a publier ;i u,sitot que possible a pres lcur enrcgistrcment.

ARTICLF, VII

.rnglais, franc,:ais, russc et espagnol font égakment

de l'Organisation des Nations Unies. Les Con- \ cntions qui seront amendées conformément a !'annexe n'existant qu'en anglais et en frarn;ai,, !cs textes anglais et franc,:ais de l'annexe fcront

_é'.nol scront des traductions.

Une copie ccrtifiée conforme du Protocole, y c,n11pris l'annexe, sera envoyée par le Secrétairc gt':néral a chacun des Etats partics a la Conven-

1:, traite des frmmes majeurcs, ainsi qu'it tou;, k, Etats !\lembrn de l'Organisation des Nations l · JJÍcs.

E:si FO! DE Ql,OI les soussignés, dCmient a11torist'.,- ¡,.1r lcur Gouvcrnemcnt respcctif, ont sign(: k pi tsc11t Protocole ;'¡ la date figurant en rcg-ard de lt-11r si_<~nature respccti\'e_

.... le .... l~H

Annexe i) CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE POUR FE:\IMES ET DES ENFANTS. OLTVERIE A LA SIC:\'ATLTRE A GENEVE LE :IO SEP- IEM BR E 1921 L,· pn·111in p;uagr.iphe ch· l'articfr !1 sna n'digC·

Li prt:st·nt,· Convention cst sujcttc ~ ratifil"ation. \ 1i.,rtir du l1·r janvicr 1')+8, les instn,¡n,·n:, de r;i l ification st-ront transmis au Secrétaire général 1"On;.:JJi,.1tion <l<"s NatiP11s Unic,, qui en notid, 1 Í•-r:1 la r,n·ption aux Etals Mrmbres de· l'Orga- ::l 11t-.. .. u,<¡irc!:-. le Sl'<Tt"tain· µ/ni·r.tl aur~1 co!!l- !:1lll,iqu¡' , opi,· de la Cotrvt'ntion. Ln instrnments , 1, · r:1tific,1ti,m snont déposés aux archives du '", n'·1:1ri,1t d,, l'Organisatinn des i\:itions Unics.

1.'arti<il' !O sna rédigé cnmme suit:

1 ,,, Futs Me·rnhn·, de· l'Org:misation des Na- ,,,,, S l 111i,, ¡,011rt••11t :idht'Tt'r a l:1 préscntc Conv,·r:tion.

1 l ,·n sera de mé.\me pour les Etats non membres ::u,quels le Conscil économique et social de l'Or-

United Nations may decide officially to communiganisation des Nations Unics pourra décidn dt· communiqucr officil'lkmcnt la préscnte Convcncatc thc prcsent Convention.

tion.

Acccssion will be notificd to thc Sccrctary-Gcn- Les adhésions scront notifiées au Secrétain· gf-- eral of the Unitcd Nations, who will notify ali néral de l'Organisation des Nations Unics, qui t·n Membcrs of the Unit<"'d Nations and thc nonmember Statcs to which thr Secretary-Gencral has non membres auxqucls le Sccrétaire général aur,1 communicated a copy of the Convcntion.

rommuniqué copie de la Convention.

Article 12 shall read:

L' artide 12 sera rédigé comme suit:

Tout Etat partic a la présente Convcntion The present Convention may be denounced by pourra la dénoncrr •·n donnant un préavis de any State which is a Party thereto, on giving twdve months' notice of its intention to denounce.

douze rnois.

Denunciation shall be effected bv notifieation in La dénonciation sera dfrrtuée au moyen d'mw writing addressed to the Secretary~Gcneral of thc notific.itiou frritt' adn·,sér au Secrétairc général United Nations. Copies of sueh notification shall de l'Organisatíon des Nations Unies.

Celui-ri tr:1nsmcttra immédiatnnent a tous les Etats Mcmbe transmitted forthwith by him to ali Members of the United Nations and to non-membcr Statrs to which the Sccretary-Gcncral has communicated Etats non memhres auxquels il aura communiqu( a eopy of the Convcntion. Thc d<"'nunciation shall , ·opie de la Convcntion le texte de cettc notific,1- takc effect one ycar aftcr thc date on which it tion. La dénonciation prcndra effet un an aprt>s was notificd to the Scrretary-Gt·ncral of thc la date de notification au Sccrétaire général dl' Unitcd Nations, and .shall opnate only in rcspcct l'Organisation des Nations Unies et ne sera valahl1· of the notifying State.

qw· pour l'Etat qui l'aur:l notifiée.

Article 13 shall rcad:

L'article 13 sera rédigé commc suit:

A spccial record shall be kept hy thc Scnetary- Le Secrétairc général de l'Organisation des Na- Gencral of the United Nations, showing which of tions lJnies ticndra llllL' liste spécialc de tnutc-s les the Parties have signcd, ratified, acceded to or dc-- parties qui ont sigm.\ ratifié ou dénonré la pré-- nounced thc present Convention. Thi~ record shall scntt· Convcntion ou v ont adhéré. Cctt.- list•· Le open at ali times to any Membcr of the United pourra etn· consultée e~ tout temps par tout Et:it Nations or to any non-mcmbcr State to which the Mcmbrc de l'Organisation des Nations Unics 011 Secretary-General has rommunicatcd a rnpy of the p. l!" tont Etat nnn m,·mhn· auquel le Secrhaire Convcntion; it shall be publishcd as oftcn as posg{>néral aura communiqué copie dt· la Convention; sible, in accordance with the directions of the Eeoelle sera publiée aussi souvcnt que possible, suivant nomic and Social Council of the United Nations.

l'Organisation des Nations Unics.

Articlc 14 shall be dcleted.

L'artit:le 14 sera .supprimé.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR ii) CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE POUR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN OF FULL AGE, SIGNED AT FE:\1MES MAJECRES, SlGNEE A GE:'\EVE T,E 11 OCTORRE ¡en,

GENEVA, 11 OCTOBER 19'.13 In article 4 "thc l ntcrnation:i I Court of .J ustice" shall be substitutcd for "th•· Pcnnancnt Court tnnationak d,· Justin·" aux mots "Cour ¡wrmaof Intcrnational Justicc" and ·'thc Statutc of thc ncntc de Justice intnll:,tiouak", et les mnts '";111 Intcrnational Court of Justicc" shall he substitutcd Statut dr la Cour mtnnationalc de Justicc" aux for "tlw Protocol of 16 Dcremhn 1920. n·latin~ 111ots ";m Protocole du 16 décc·mbrc 1920. rdatif to the Statute of that Court" or "tlw Protocol of ,\\! St.,tut de l.1ditc Cnur"' 011 ";ni Prnto,·oh· d11 16 Dcn·mber 1920".

lti dfrernhn- 1920".

A rticlc 6 sh;~ll rcad:

L'artidr. (Í sna rédigr C01llll1C suit:

The present Conwntion shall he ratifinl. As La prést·nte CnmTntinn ,era ratifiéc. A partir from 1 January 1948 the imtrumcnts of ratificadu I cr janvicr ! ()48. I,·, instrunwnts de ratification tion shall bf' transrnittcd to tlw Sccrctarv-Gennal :-(Totl! t¡·:1n\.,111i" of thc Unitcd Natiom, who shall notify rcn·ipt ot 11i,ation d,·, l\'atiom Unícs, qui t'Tl notifiera IP dépi'it a tous le, Etat, l\·frrnbrcs de l'Org:misation them to ali Mcmber, of thc Unit1·d Nations ami to non-memher Statc-s to which thr· S,·,Tdarv- ,,, , :'\.11i011s Uni,·, ,1i11si qu'aux Etats non rnem- Gcncral has comm1rnicatnl ;1 ,·opv nf tht· Cnnhn·, auxqucls k Sccrí-taire gfnfral aura comrnn- ~-cntion.

niqu,'. copi,· d,· la Conventinn.

Articlc 7 shall rcad:

L'article 7 sna rfdig{· cornrnc suit:

l\1embcrs of the United Nati,ms m,1v :itTcdc tn L,·s Etab l\frmbrcs de l'Organisation des Nathc prcsrnt Cnnvention. Thc sarrn· applit"; tn nontions l.T nics pourront adhércr ;t la préscntc Conmcmbt·r Statt-s to which thc Economic and Social vcntion.

11 en stTa d,· rnt'.'111c ¡JOur les Etats non Council of the Unitrd N:itiom rnav dccitk officrn·111hn·s ;1uxqucl, I<- t '."!l"·il t'·cono111iq11,· ,·t sPci;d cially to communicatr the prcscnt Conv,·ntion.

de l'Organi,ation des Nations Unies pourra dé- ,·i<lcr de communiquer officit·lkment la préscnt<' Convcntion.

The instrurncnts of accession sh;,11 he tran,- L,·, instTunir-nt, d':tdlH~sion sen,nt transmi, au mittcd to the Secretarv-Gt>rn'ral of th<· United Na- St·nétaírc génfral dt· l'Organisation des Natiom tions, who shall notify.rt>ceipt of thrm to ali Mcmbcrs of the Unitcd Natiorn ami to non-mcrnbcr \1t·r:Ji!·c-... :ii:1~i qu\n1-..;: Et it~ nnn mt·n1hrci.. :1ux- States to which thc St>lTCtary-G1·nnal hzis cmnc,1wls k S,·crétaírc gén,·ral aura communiqué copie municatcd a copy of thc Convcntion.

d' l.1 Conv,·ntinn.

ln mtir:íc 9 •'tlw ~,·, rctarv-Gcnnal of tlw \ L1111d,· .<J un mhstituc-ra le, mots ···Su:rc'-t:un· UIJikd Nation:-;" sh:il! h!' ,,tl"titut,·<l fnr "thc Se, - •:(·1:.'·1·,d ele- l'Org;rnis;1ti,>11 eles N:itions l iuj¡-s'' :rnx rctan·-C,·rn·r.il nf tLe Lc·.u~u,· "f Nations'' 111nts ·'Se·crétai;e· gb1rrak d,· la Société dn N.1- t1on~''.

In mtirle !O t!w first thn·<· paragraphs and ,·inqui,'nw alinéa seront supprimés. paragraph 5 shall bl' delctt·d.

Thc fourth p;iragraph nf art1r:lc l() shall rcad · Le quatri<'inc alinb. de l'articlf' 10 ~era rédigL:

c•1nl11ll' suit:

Le Sccrc'.·tairc grnt>ral communiquera a tous ll's The Sccretarv-General of the Uuited Nations shall rommuni¿ate to ali the Mcmbers of thc Etats Membrcs de l'Organisation des Nations United Nations and to thc non-nll'ml)('r Statcs, to L ni,·s ;1insi qu',1ux Etah non rrH·rnhrcs auxquels il aura (·onmmniqué copi,· de la Convcntion ks which thc Sccrctary-C('ll('ral l1as cm11rn11nicated ,l copy of thc Convention. tlic dcnunciatmns rcfrrrC'd clt-nnnciation, pn'vucs it l'articlc 9. to in artick 9.

DRAFT PROTOCOL TO AMEND THE PROJET DE PROTOCOLE AMENDANT IN1.'ERNATION/,L COXVENTlON FOR LA CONVEf\TTON OUVERTE A LA THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CIRCl '- SIGNATURE A GENEVE LE 12 SEP- LATION OF AND TRAFFIC fN OB- TEMBRE JlJ'23 1 POUR LA REPRESSION SCENE PUBLICATIONS, OPENED FOR DE L:\ CTRCULATION ET DU TRAFIC SIGNATURE AT CENEVA 01\ i'.? SEP- DES PlJBLICATfONS OBSC:ENES TEMBER I q:_, \' The Partic:, to tht' ¡nr,cnt l'roi,,col, l un,ickrl ,cs Etats p:111ics au présent Protocole, cnning that undcr the Convnition for the Supprc,- sion of thc Ci:-c11lation of ami TrafTic in Ohscnl'' iL Cern\vc le 12 scptcm bre 1 (}2 :l pom L1 répre,- Publications, concluckd at Geneva on 12 Scpuhsdncs a confié a la Société des Nations cntember 1 ~12:;, thc Lt-_1g11, of Nations w;:, invested with ccrt:1Í!l f u·11t tiorn, and powers for whosc conti11ucd pn[urmancc :t i,, ncccssar·y tn rnakc provisions in ronseqtH'1tn'. of the di,s,ilution ,

il cst nfressairc de prendre de, dispo,itions en \'lle of the League of Natinns, and cnnsidning that it cl'::s,urrr l'excrcicc continu de c:·s pouvoirs et is expedient that tlm,c functions all(I powers fonctions, et considfrant qu'il cst opportun qu'ib should be pcrformcd hcncdorth hy the Unitcd !

snicnt assumés dt;sorrnais par l'Organisation des N,1tions Fnics. snnt c,m,·cm1s dl',, di~positions N ations, hcrcll\' agrrc as folle nvs:

suiv;mtes:

:\1nrcu: I ARTICLF PREMTER Thc Parti,~s to thc pl'l'~cnt l'rotocfl! uJH.krtakc l ,cs EL1ts parti<'~ :rn préscnt Protucolc prenthat as bctwccn tltenN·h,·, t!l{'v will, in «rcord- 1 l('llt l'cngagcment qu'cntrc cux-mi'mcs, co11forancc with tl1t· n;(lvi,inrb ,,f ti1<: '1Jr:·:0,·11t Prntocr,l,

111tq1ent ;rnx di,position, du préscnt Protocole, ib attribute full l;·g:d fon(· ;md .-! in t lo. and d11ly ;:ttrih11cront plcin dTct juridiquc aux amcndcapply thc a1c1t·!Jdrncnt, to thi, ;,n,tn1mcn1 ,1·hid:

n"'ilt•, :\ 1Tt inqrtlll!t'lll mcntionné.s 21 Lrnncxe· d11 pr,

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,\1n1cu f[ Thc :'iec:·( tan·-( ;l'IHT:d ·-\:.:11 prqi.11,· tltc· 1('>;!

1éral pr(partTa le tcxtt· dl' la of the t:on\'{'H1Íon n( l ~~ Scplcrn¡wr l :,~: 1·nr thc 1 C,.:1,Tntinn <! 1 1 I '.! scptrmbrc ]l)23 pour la répres- Supprcs,ion nf thc Cm ula1\,11 d

c111d Trar:·;c i11 Ob:;ccnc Puh!icat'tc,11.':, .1, 1('\ i"'·d m "' ,·ord::11,,· , ,t, .. , i·m·,. rn i,<:c , ·onfnrrnc:rncnt au présent Prowilh the prc,ent l'rntocol, ;1nd .sh,dl ,en\ ,·,mi,. i toe Clic, et transnll'ttra, it titrc d'information, des for its inform:,tion to t lw ( :o,·1-rmn1·11t nf n\·n co¡,ics ;rn Couvcrncment de chaque Etat :Membrc Mcmlwr ()[ thc llrntcd :\;itiom ;u1d nen nor;

ele 1'0r!.;anis,ttion des Nations lJnics, ainsi qu'au memb,'.1 Stat,· to wliicii this l'rnt(\, o! is npcn for ( ;, ·, 1\·,·ri wrncn, dr , hac¡uc Ltat non mcrnbre :, sign.ttorc or :1,·lTpta11c,·. He ,,!,;¡JI :d,,., 111\·;tc p:11 la si~11;1tun· , 1u ;\ L1cceptation cluquel le présent tics to tlw :iforc,aicl ( :or,,·c111ínr, to appk tll< Prntoe nlc ,·,;t (>ll\ nL 11 invitera également les arncndcd lt'Xl o! this in'1rw11c,,I :tr, ~•;,in ;is thc p:trtic,, (,. e c·tt•.' ( :111l\'cntio11 ;\ appliqucr le tcxtc amendment.s are in fon c. nTn if thcv h:1,·(· not amcndé de fft imtnuncnt clt\s l'entréc en vigueur yct hccn ahk tr, IH·co111c partí<, to Ú1c pr1·sn1t des ;11nendemcnts, rni"me si clies n'ont pas pu Protocol.

dncnir partics au présent Protocole,

ARTIC LE I I 1 ARTICLE III Thc prcsc11t Protocol shall be open for signa- Le présent l'rntorolc sera ouvcrt :'t la signature ture or acceptann' hy any of the Partics to the Convcntion of 12 Scptemhcr l 112:l for 1he Suppression of thc Circulation of a nd Traffic in ()}> .. sccne Publications, to which thc Sccrctarv-C,:1:- obsn'-nes, auxquels le Secrétaire général aura comeral has communicated a cop, qf this P,·,,t;1Col.

muniqué une copie <lu préscnt Protocole.

1 St'e L,·agi:P of l\/a:ions ·¡·u-all Snirs, volwnc 27, pag-e 1 \loir Recueil des traités, Société des Nations, volume 27, paf¡e 213,

ARTICIE IV .\1n1cLE IV Les Etats pomront devenir parties au présent States may becomc partics to thc present Pro- Protocole: tocol by:

• a) En le signant sans rc::scrvc quant a l'appro-

Signature without reservation as to aphation; 011 proval, or b) En l'acceptant; J'acceptation s'efTectuera

( b) Acceptancc, which shall be efTected by the deposit of a formal instrument with the Sec- Secrétairc général de l'Organisation des ~ation, retary-General of the United Nations.

Unies.

ARTICLE V

Le prtscnt Protocole entrera en vigueur a

The present Protocol shall cume into force la date a laque lle deux nu plusicurs Etats y devie11- on the date on which two or more Su.tes shall have become parties thereto.

dront partics.

:.z Les amendemcnts mcntionnés a l'annexe au

The amendment<; set fortb in the annex to the present Protocol shall come into force when préscnt Protocole cntrcront en vigucur lorsquc a majority of the Parties to the Convcntion of l '2 September 192'.> for the Suppression of the Circulation of and Traffic in Obscene Publications dcvenuc partie au présent Protocole; par conséhave become parties to the present Protocol, ancl quent, tout Etat qui devient partie a la Convenconsequently any State hernming a party to the tion aprcs que les amendcmcnts s'y rapportant Convention after the amendments thereto have scront cntrés en vigucur, deviendra partie a la into force shall become a partv to the Convention Convcntion ainsi rnodifiée. as amended.

ARTICLE VI ARTICLE Vl In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article Conformt'-mcnt aux tfüpositions clu paragraphe prcmier de l'Article I O'..? de la Charle des Nations 102 of the Charter of the Unitcd Nations, ancl the regulations pursuant thereto adopted by the General Assembly, the Secretary-Gcncral of thc tio• 1:,, adoptés par l'Assernblée générale, le Secrét,111 e gt'-néral de l'Organisation eles Nations Unies United Nations is authorized to effect registraest autorisé a enregistrcr le pn:sent Protocole et tion of the present Protocol and the amendments ks amcndcmcnts apportés a la Convention par made in the Convention by the present Protocol on the respective dates of their entry into force, and to publish the Protocol and thc amcndcd texte amendé de Ja Convention aussitot que pos- Convention as soon as possible aftcr registration.

,ihlr apri's leur rnrc_e;istrcment.

ART!CLE Vll ARTICLE VII l ,c préscnt Protocole, dont les textes chinois,

The prcsent Protocol, of which the Chinese, English, French, Rus,ian and Spanish tcxts ,tn'.

:ingbis. fran\ai,, ru~sc et espagnol font égalecqually authcntic, shall be deposited in thc archives of the United Nations Sccretariat. Thc t.u i:tt <Í<' l'On:anisatim1 des Nations Unics. La C:onn·11tion qui ~era amendfr confonnérnent it Convention to be amc11dcd in accordancc with thc annex bcing in thc En_[';füh anrl Fr('nrh lan- Lrn11cxc n'l'xistant qu'cn anglais et en frani;ai~.

le~ tcxtc anglais et frarn;:ais de l'annexc fcront guages only, the Englis!t ami Fn'.nch tl'xts of thc anncx shall be cquallv authcnti;: tcxts, anrl thi:

ég,1krnc11t foi, et lt-s tcxt,;, chinois. rnssc et cspai:nnl scrnnt des traductions. Chincse, Russi:rn aml Spanish texts wiil he tran,- lations.

A certificd copy of the l'rnt<icol, incl11ding thc Une copie certifiée co11furme du Protocole y rnmpris l'annexc, sera envoyée par le Secrét;ir~ annex, ,hall be sent b\ thc Scc1l'tan-C('Jll'r;,I to each of the Parti,·s t·o thc Convcntion of 12 général it chacun des Etats parties it la Conven- September 102:;; for thc Supprcs.~ion uf thc Circulation of and Trallíc in Obsccnc Publicatiom,

b and to ali States Memhcrs of tlw l lr1itcd l\;1tiom.

l'Organisation des Natinns Unics.

lN \'.'IT:-;Ess WHEREOF the undcr~igneJ, bcing E'.'i FOI DF. i¿t:01 ks soussignés, dument autorisés duly authorized thereto bv thcir respective Govpar lc1ir Gouvcrncment respectif, ont signé le pn'scnt Protocole a la date figurant en regard ernmcnts, signed the prcscnt Protocol on the date de lcur :,ignature respective. appearing opposite their respective signature,.

DONE at ... this ... day of ... 194 .

FAn ,'¡ ... , le .

.194 .

Annex Annexe INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE CON\'ENTION INTERNATIONALE POUR SUPPRESSION OF THE CIRCULATION 1 A REPRESSION DE LA CIRCULATION ET nu TRAFIC DES PUBLICATIONS OB- OF AND TRAFFIC IN OBSCENE PUBLI- CATIONS, OPENED FOR SIGNATURE AT SCEXES. OUVERTE A LA SIGNATURE A GENEVA, 12 SEPTEMBER 1923 GENEVE LE 12 SEPTEMBRE 1923 The first and second paragraphs of article 8 shall read:

l'articlP 8 st>ront rédigés comme suit:

Thr prrscnt Convention is subjcct to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be d,·- posited with thr Sc<Tctary-Gencral of thc U nitcd Nations, v,;ho shall notify receipt of thc·m to thc Members of thc Unitcd Nations and to the nonmcmber Statcs to which the Sccrctary-General has communicated a copy of the Convention.

The Secretary-Gcneral of tht~ Unitcd Natiom ;hall immediatcly rnmrnunicate a certified copy of each of thc instruments deposited with refrrencc to this Convcntion to thc Govcrnment of t!w French Rcpublic.

A rticle 9 shall rcad:

Mernbcrs of thc Unitcd Nations may accede to the present Convention. The same applics to nonmember States to which the Economic and Social Council of thc U nitc·d Natinns may decide officially to \'ommuniratr- thc prPscnt Convention.

Ac-ccssion shall be effcctcd by an instrumcnt communicatcd to thf' Secrctary-Gcneral of th,· United Nations to be depositcd in thc archives of the Secretariat. The Secrctary-GcnPral shall at once notify ,urh dcposit to Mcmbers ')f thc U nited Nations ,md to the non-mcmber States to which the Scrrctary-G.-rl!'ral has communi.-ated a en¡)\ of thc Convention.

In article JO "l\1c·mhn of the Unitcd Natious" ,hall be substitutcd for ".Member of the Lcague"

In thc first paragraph of article 12 "the Scc· retarv-Gcncral of thc United Nations" shall be substltutcd for "thc Sccrctary-Gcneral of tht" LPaguc of Nations", and "Members of the United Nations" shall he substitutcd for "l\frmbcrs of thc Lcaguc of Nations".

The sc,·ond paragraph of article 72 shall rrad:

The Serrctary-Gcnrra] of the Unitcd Nations ,hall notify the receipt of any su,h denunciation to ali Membcrs of thc Unitcd Nations and to thc· non-mnnher Statc, to which thc Secrctary-Grncral has rmnmunicatni a !'opy of thc Convention.

Ar•itfe U ,hall lw ddl't<·d.

Artidr: U ,h:,ll n·ad:

A ,peci;cl 1c,·ord ,h;1ll fw Lcpt hv tlh' Sr•nf'tary- Gl'nf'ral of thr· l'nítf'd Natiom, ,howi11g ,vltid1 of th,· partit"s hav,· sigrwd, ratifil'd, acn·dc,1 to or d<'nounccd the pr_1·sPnt Convcntion. Thi, rl'cord ,hall be open ;it all times to any Mcrnlwr of tlw UnitPd Nations or to anv non-memhn Statc to which thc· Sern·tary-GPnc;al has rommunicatnl a copv of thc Convc11tion.

I t shall hf' publish,·d ,1s oftc-n ,ls possihk.

In articlc 15 ''tlw Intcrnatinnal Court ot Justice" shall be suhstituted for "the PnrnanPnt Court of lntc·rnational Justicc". and "the Statutc of tlw Intcrnational Court of Justi,-c" shall be suhstitutl'd for "thc· Protocol of Signatun· of thc l'crrnancnt Court of Intcrnationa,I JusticP".

In articlc 16 "th,· Economic and Social Cmmcil of thc- Unitcd N;itiom" shall he substituted for "thr: Council of tlw Lcagu,· of ~ation,".

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The General Assembly,

Considering that, under Article 1 of the C.harter, Members are bound to develop friendly rela- La préscntc Convcntion est sujcttc a ratification. Les instrumcnts de ratification seront transmis au Sccrétaire général de l'Organisation des Nations

non mcmbres auxqucls le Secrétaire général aura communiqué copie de la Convention.

Le Secrétairc général de l'Organisation des Nations U nics communiquera immédiatement au Gouvcrnement de la Répuhlique frarn;aise copie certifiéc conforme de tout instrument se rapportant a la présente Convcntion.

L'article 9 sera rédigé commc suit:

Tout Membre de l'Organisation des Nations U nics pourra accéder a la préscnte Convention. Ceci s'applique également a tout Etat non mcml'Organisation des Nations Unies pourra décider officidlement de communiquer la préscnte Convcntion.

Ccttc accession s'effectuera au moycn d'un instrurncnt communiqué au Secrétairc général de l'Orgauisation df's Nations Unics, aux fins de

tairc général notifiera ce dépot inmmédiatemcnt aux Mcmbres de l'Organisation des Nations Unies t't aux Etats non membres auxquels le Secrétaire général aura communiqué copie de la Convention.

A l'article 10, on substitucra les mots "Mcmbre de l'Organisation des Nations Unies" aux mots "Mcmbre de la Société des Nations".

Au premier paragraphe de l'article 12, on substituera les mots "Sccrétairc général de l'Organisation des Nations Unics" aux rnots "Secrétaire génébrc de l'Organísation des Nations Unies" aux mots "Membrc de la Société des Nations".

Le deuxieme paragraphe de l'article 12 sera réd igé comrrw suit:

Le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies portera a la connaissancc de chacun des Membrcs de l'Orhn·s au,quc!s le Sccrétairc général aura communiqué copie dc· la Convention, toute dénonriation n,ue par lui.

L'articfr 13 sera supprirné.

L'articlc 14 sera rédigé- romme suit:

Le Sccrétairc gé-né-ral de l'Organisation des Natiom C nies tiendra une lis ti· de toutes les partic, qui ont signé, ratifié ou d{·noncé la préscntc Convmtion ou y ont adhéré. Ccttc liste pourra etrc consultfr ,·n tout tcmps par tout Etat Membrc d(· non mcmbrc auquel le Secrétaire général aura communiqué copie dr la Convention.

Elle S(Ta publiée aussi souvent que possibk.

.\ l',11 ticf,, 15. on suhstitucra lPs mots "la Cour intnnatíonalc de Justicr" aux mots "la Cour per- Statut de la Cour internationalc de Justice" au, mots "le Protocole de signature de la Cour pcrm;llwntc de Justicc intcrnationale".

A l'article 16, on substituera les mots "le Conscil é, onoruiqtw et social de l'Organisation dn Nations Natíons".

127 <m. Nouvelles fausses ou déformées L' Assemblée générale,

Considérant que les Etats Membres doivent, am.: termes del' Article 1 de la Charte, développrr

1 Yoir les U€.\()lu:io,r( (!r/oplécs p11r /'Assrmh!if' générale 1ng t~e first part of it<.: fir~t sessin11, JT-;t":dution '.)'.!. (I).

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