POLITICAL

EXTRATERRITORIALITY

CONVENTION REGARDING THE ABOLITION OF THE CAPITULATIONS IN EGYPT (TREATY SERIES NO. 939)1

France

The Egyptian Minister at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated March 10, 1939, that the instrument of ratification by France of the Convention Regarding the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt, signed at Montreux on May 8, 1937, was deposited with the Egyptian Government on February 8, 1939.

As provided in article 9 of the convention the French Government has reserved the right to keep its consular tribunals in Egypt to judge in matters of personal status in which the law of France is to be applied.

1 See Bulletin No. 107, August 1938, p. 264.

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HUMANITARIAN

EDUCATION

CONVENTION CONCERNING FACILITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY FILMS 1

Costa Rica

The American Legation at San José reported by a telegram dated March 23, 1939, that the Costa Rican Congress had approved on March 22, 1939, the Convention Concerning Facilities for Educational and Publicity Films, signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936.

Peru

By a letter dated February 25, 1939, the Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Peru of the Convention Concerning Facilities for Educational and Publicity Films, signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936, was deposited with the Union on February 20, 1939. The instrument of ratification is dated November 14, 1938. CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PEACEFUL ORIENTATION OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 1

Costa Rica

The American Legation at San José reported by a telegram dated March 23, 1939, that the Costa Rican Congress had approved on March 22, 1939, the Convention Concerning the Peaceful Orientation of Public Instruction, signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936. CONVENTION FOR THE PROMOTION OF INTER-AMERICAN CULTURAL RELATIONS (TREATY SERIES No. 928) 2

Costa Rica

The American Legation at San José reported by a telegram dated March 23, 1939, that the Costa Rican Congress had approved on

March 22, 1939, the Convention for the Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations, signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936.

Peru

By a letter dated February 25, 1939, the Director General of the Pan American Union informed the Secretary of State that the instrument of ratification by Peru of the Convention for the Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations, signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936, was deposited with the Union on February 20, 1939. The instrument of ratification is dated November 14, 1938. CONVENTION FOR FACILITATING THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF FILMS OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER

Ireland

DECLARATION BY FINLAND 4

According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated February 14, 1939, the Government of Ireland has informed the Secretary General, by a communication dated February 6, 1939, that it has no objection to the acceptance of the declaration which the Government of Finland wishes to make when ratifying the Convention for Facilitating the International Circulation of Films of an Educational Character, signed at Geneva on October 11, 1933.

PROCÈS-VERBAL CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLES IV, V. VI, VII, IX, XII, AND XIII OF THE CONVENTION OF OCTOBER 11, 1933, FOR FACILITATING THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF FILMS OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER 5

Ireland

According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated March 13, 1939, the Procès-Verbal Concerning the Application of Articles IV, V, VI, VII, IX, XII, and XIII of the Convention of October 11, 1933, for Facilitating the International Circulation of Films of an Educational Character, which was opened for signature at Geneva on September 12, 1938, was signed on behalf of Ireland on March 8, 1939.

HEALTH

FIFTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE 6

The Fiftieth Congress of the Royal Sanitary Institute will be held at Scarborough, England, from July 3 to 8, 1939. This Govern

See Bulletin No. 112, January 1939, p. 10.

5 See Bulletin No. 113, February 1939, p. 29.

'See Bulletins No. 101, February 1938, p. 42, and No. 105, June 1938, p. 164.

ment has accepted the invitation transmitted by the British Government on behalf of the Institute to participate in the Congress, and the President has appointed Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, retired, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Washington, D. C., as delegate on the part of the United States.

SAFETY

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA (TREATY SERIES NO. 910)7

Aden Colony

The British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated March 1, 1939, that Aden Colony, which participated as a part of India in the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, signed at London on May 31, 1929, has, as from April 1, 1937, become separated from India and now possesses the status of a British colony.

The Ambassador's note adds that in view of the change of status, careful consideration has been given to the question of the continued application of the convention to Aden Colony. The British Government has been informed that adequate technical staff and facilities for the proper administration of the convention are not available in the colony. Therefore, under these exceptional circumstances, the British Government has proposed to the other contracting Governments that the convention should no longer be regarded as applying to Aden Colony.

This Government has replied to the note stating that it has no objections to the proposal that the convention shall no longer apply to Aden Colony, and has requested the British Government to inform it of the date on which it considers the convention ceased to apply to Aden Colony.

'See Bulletin No. 103, April 1938, p. 91; text of convention, 50 Stat. (pt. 2) 1121.

ECONOMIC

AVIATION

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF AERIAL LEGAL EXPERTS'

The first, second, and third commissions of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts (C. I. T. E. J. A.) held sessions in Paris on January 23 and 24, 1939.

Professor Bosco, of Italy, was assigned the duty of preparing for the first commission reports on the effect of court decisions and on the allocation or distribution of judgment awards for damages subject to limitation under various private air-law conventions in force, awaiting ratification, or under consideration. (These conventions appear to be the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Aerial Transportation, signed at Warsaw on October 12, 1929 [Treaty Series No. 876]; Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Damage Caused by Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface, signed at Rome, May 29, 1933;* Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Assistance and Salvage of Aircraft or by Aircraft at Sea, signed at Brussels September 29, 1938; and the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Assistance and Salvage of Aircraft on Land.)

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M. Garnault, of France, was instructed to prepare for the second commission a report on the subject of mortgages and other real rights and aerial privileges based on a draft convention on this subject already adopted by the C. I. T. E. J. A. at a plenary session * but never completed by a diplomatic conference.

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Sir Maurice Amos, professor of comparative law at the University of London, was instructed to prepare for the second commission a report on the proposed revision of the Warsaw convention (Treaty Series No. 876), and it was suggested that his report, if ready, would be considered in September 1939 by the second commission.

M. Clerc, of Switzerland, was instructed to prepare for the third commission a report on the subject of aerial insurances or applications of various forms of insurance to air navigation. The third

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1 See Bulletin No. 109, October 1938, p. 330.

2 For text, see Bulletin No. 47, August 1933, p. 27.

For text, see Bulletin No. 111, December 1938, p. 392.

For text, see Bulletin No. 40, January 1933, p. 33.