INTERNATIONAL with the object of Securing Signed at Geneva, September 25, 1926 Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square West, Belfast; or through any Bookseller. International Convention with the object of securing the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade. Signed at Geneva.-September 25, 1926. [British Ratification deposited June 18, 1927.] ALBANIA, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Union of South Africa, the Dominion of New Zealand, and India, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Abyssinia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Norway, Panamá, the Netherlands, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Uruguay, Whereas the signatories of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1889-90 declared that they were equally animated by the firm intention of putting an end to the traffic in African slaves; Whereas the signatories of the Convention of Saint-Germain-enLaye of 1919 to revise the General Act of Berlin of 1885 and the General Act and Declaration of Brussels of 1890 affirmed their intention of securing the complete suppression of slavery in all its forms and of the slave trade by land and sea; Taking into consideration the report of the Temporary Slavery Commission appointed by the Council of the League of Nations on the 12th June, 1924; Desiring to complete and extend the work accomplished under the Brussels Act and to find a means of giving practical effect throughout the world to such intentions as were expressed in regard to slave trade and slavery by the signatories of the Convention of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and recognising that it is necessary to conclude to that end more detailed arrangements than are contained in that convention; Considering, moreover, that it is necessary to prevent forced labour from developing into conditions analogous to slavery; Have decided to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries; The President of the Supreme Council of Albania: Dr. D. Dino, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy. The President of the German Reich: Dr. Carl von Schubert, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. [16396] The President of the Federal Austrian Republic: M. Emerich von Pflügl, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, representative of the Federal Government accredited to the League of Nations. His Majesty the King of the Belgians : M. L. de Brouckère, member of the Senate, first delegate of Belgium to the Seventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the League of Nations. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India : The Right Honourable Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, K.C.. For the Dominion of Canada : The Right Honourable Sir George E. Foster, G.C.M.G., P.C., Ll.D., Senator, member of the King's Privy Council for Canada. For the Commonwealth of Australia: The Honourable J. G. Latham, C.M.G., K.C., M.P., For the Union of South Africa: Mr. Jacobus Stephanus Smit, High Commissioner of the For the Dominion of New Zealand: The Honourable Sir James Parr, K.C.M.G., High Commissioner in London. And for India : Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India, former member of the Executive Council of the GovernorGeneral of India. His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians: M. D. Mikoff, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne, permanent representative of the Bulgarian Government accredited to the League of Nations. The Chief Executive of the Chinese Republic: M. Chao-Hsin Chu, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister The President of the Republic of Colombia: Dr. Francisco José Urrutia, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council, representative of Colombia on the Council of the League of Nations. 4041 Wt. 1125 7/27 F.O.P. 16396 B 2 The President of the Republic of Cuba : M. A. de Agüero y Bethancourt, Envoy Extraordinary and His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland: M. Herluf Zahle, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the President of the German Reich. His Majesty the King of Spain : M. M. Lopez Roberts, Marquis de la Torrehermosa, Envoy The President of the Estonian Republic: General Johan Laidoner, Member of Parliament, President of the Committee for Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Her Majesty the Empress and Queen of the Kings of Abyssinia and His Imperial and Royal Highness the Prince Regent and Heir to the Throne: Dedjazmatch Guetatchou, Minister of the Interior; Lidj Makonnen Endelkatchou; Kentiba Gebrou; Ato Tasfae, Secretary of the Imperial League of Nations The President of the Republic of Finland: M. Rafael W. Erich, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council, permanent delegate of Finland accredited to the League of Nations. The President of the French Republic: Count B. Clauzel, Minister Plenipotentiary, head of the The President of the Hellenic Republic: M. D. Caclamanos, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister M. V. Dendramis, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne, permanent His Majesty the King of Italy: Professor Vittorio Scialoja, Minister of State, Senator, representative of Italy on the Council of the League of Nations. The President of the Republic of Latvia: M. Charles Duzmans, permanent representative accredited to the League of Nations. |