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PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES (HAGUE, I)

Convention signed at The Hague October 18, 1907
Senate advice and consent to ratification, with an understanding and declarations, April 2, 1908^[1]
Ratified by the President of the United States, with an understanding and declarations, February 23, 1909^[1]
Procès-verbal of first deposit of ratifications (including that of the United States) at The Hague dated November 27, 1909
Entered into force January 26, 1910
Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 28, 1910

36 Stat. 2199; Treaty Series 536

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I

Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; the President of the United States of America; the President of the Argentine Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; the President of the Republic of Bolivia; the President of the Republic of the United States of

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 For text of a U.S. declaration made at time of signing and maintained in the Senate's resolution of advice and consent and in the President's ratification, see footnote 6, p. 604. The Senate resolution contains, in addition, the following understanding and declarations, which also were maintained in the President's ratification:

"Resolved further, as a part of this act of ratification, That the United States approves this convention with the understanding that recourse to the permanent court for the settlement of differences can be had only by agreement thereto through general or special treaties of arbitration heretofore or hereafter concluded between the parties in dispute; and the United States now exercises the option contained in Article 53 of said convention, to exclude the formulation of the 'compromis' by the permanent court, and hereby excludes from the competence of the permanent court the power to frame the 'compromis' required by general or special treaties of arbitration concluded or hereafter to be concluded by the United States, and further expressly declares that the 'compromis' required by any treaty of arbitration to which the United States may be a party shall be settled only by agreement between the contracting parties, unless such treaty shall expressly provide otherwise."

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[p587-1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 For text of a U.S. declaration made at time of signing and maintained in the Senate's resolution of advice and consent and in the President's ratification, see footnote 6, p. 604. The Senate resolution contains, in addition, the following understanding and declarations, which also were maintained in the President's ratification:

"Resolved further, as a part of this act of ratification, That the United States approves this convention with the understanding that recourse to the permanent court for the settlement of differences can be had only by agreement thereto through general or special treaties of arbitration heretofore or hereafter concluded between the parties in dispute; and the United States now exercises the option contained in Article 53 of said convention, to exclude the formulation of the 'compromis' by the permanent court, and hereby excludes from the competence of the permanent court the power to frame the 'compromis' required by general or special treaties of arbitration concluded or hereafter to be concluded by the United States, and further expressly declares that the 'compromis' required by any treaty of arbitration to which the United States may be a party shall be settled only by agreement between the contracting parties, unless such treaty shall expressly provide otherwise."

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