PROHIBITING DISCHARGE OF PROJECTILES AND EXPLOSIVES FROM BALLOONS (HAGUE, XIV)
- Declaration signed at The Hague October 18, 1907
- Senate advice and consent to ratification March 12, 1908
- Ratified by the President of the United States February 23, 1909
- Procès-verbal of first deposit of ratifications (including that of the United States) at The Hague dated November 27, 1909
- Entered into force November 27, 1909
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 28, 1910
[TRANSLATION]
XIV
Declaration Prohibiting the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons
The Undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the Powers invited to the Second International Peace Conference at The Hague, duly authorized to that effect by their Governments, inspired by the sentiments which found expression in the Declaration of St. Petersburg of the 29th November (llth December), 1868,[1] and being desirous of renewing the declaration of The Hague of the 29th July, 1899,[2] which has now expired,
Declare:
The Contracting Powers agree to prohibit, for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference,[3] the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature.
The present Declaration is only binding on the Contracting Powers in case of war between two or more of them.
It shall cease to be binding from the time when, in a war between the Contracting Powers, one of the belligerents is joined by a non-Contracting Power.
