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PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES (HAGUE, I)

  • Convention signed at The Hague July 29, 1899
  • Senate advice and consent to ratification February 5, 1900
  • Ratified by the President of the United States, with a reservation, April 7, 1900[1]
  • Procès-verbal of first deposit of ratifications (including that of the United States) at The Hague dated September 4, 1900
  • Entered into force September 4, 1900
  • Proclaimed by the President of the United States November 1, 1901
  • Replaced by convention of October 18, 1907,[2] on the same subject, as between contracting parties to the later convention
32 Stat. 1779; Treaty Series 392

[TRANSLATION]

Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes

His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia etc. and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the Emperor of China; His Majesty the King of Denmark; His Majesty the King of Spain and in His Name Her Majesty the Queen-Regent of the Kingdom; the President of the United States of America; the President of the United Mexican States; the President of the French Republic; Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau; His Highness the Prince of Montenegro; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves etc.; His Majesty the King of Roumania; His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; His Majesty the King of Servia; His Majesty the King of Siam; His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway; the Swiss Federal Council; His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans and His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria


  1. For text of U.S. reservation, made at time of signature and maintained in the President's ratification, see footnote 4, p. 245.
  2. TS 536, post, p. 577.
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