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Book 3: Laws and Practices concerning the Conclusion of Treaties with a Select Bibliography on the Law of Treaties (1953)

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General Table of Contents			Page
Introduction
1.	Afghanistan
		Constitution of 31 October 1931	3
2.	Albania
		Constitution of 4 July 1950	3
3.	Argentina
	(a)	Constitution of 11 March 1949	3
	(b)	Memorandum of 13 September 1951 from the Permanent Delegation of Argentina	4
4.	Australia
		Memorandum of 26 July 1951 from the Australian Mission	5
5.	Austria
	(a)	Constitution of 1 October 1920	7
	(b)	Memorandum of 6 June 1951 from Austrian Federal Chancellery	8
6.	Belgium
	(a)	Constitution of 7 February 1831	14
	(b)	Memorandum of 6 March 1951 from the Belgian Government	14
7.	Bolivia
	(a)	Constitution of 23 November 1945	21
	(b)	Memorandum of 5 April 1951 from Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs	21
8.	Brazil
		Constitution of 18 September 1946	22
9.	Bulgaria
		Constitution of 4 December 1947	22
10.	Burma
		Constitution of 24 September 1947	22
11.	Byelorussian S.S.R.
		Constitution of 23 December 1936	23
12.	Cambodia
		Constitution of 2 June 1947	23
13.	Canada
		Memorandum of 21 July 1952 from the Government of Canada	24
14.	Ceylon
		Memorandum of 18 May 1951 from the Ministry of External Affairs	34
15.	Chile
	(a)	Constitution of 18 September 1925	34
	(b)	Memorandum of 29 May 1951 from the Permanent Delegation of Chile	35
16.	China
		Constitution of 1 January 1947	36
17.	Colombia
	(a)	Constitution of 16 February 1945	37
	(b)	Act 7 of 30 November 1944	37
18.	Costa Rica
		Constitution of 8 November 1949	38
19.	Cuba
		Constitutional law of 4 April 1952	39
20.	Czechoslovakia
		Constitution of 9 June 1948	39
21.	Denmark
	(a)	Constitution of 5 June 1915	40
	(b)	Act respecting the Home Government of the Faroe Islands	40
22.	Dominican Republic
		Constitution of 10January 1947	41
23.	Ecuador
		Constitution of 31 December 1946	41
24.	Egypt
	(a)	Egyptian Constitution of 30 April 1923	42
	(b)	Article 87 of the Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies	42
	(c)	Memorandum of 30 April 1951 from the Permanent Delegation of Egypt	42
25.	El Salvador
		Constitution of 8 September 1950	44
26.	Ethiopia
		Constitution of 16 July 1931	44
27.	Finland
		Memorandum of 13 March 1951 from the Government of Finland	44
28.	France
	(a)	Constitution of 27 October 1946	46
	(b)	Memorandum of 10 January 1953 from the French Government	46
29.	Germany (Democratic Republic of Germany)
		Constitution of 7 October 1949	54
30.	Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)
	Section I: German provisions governing the conclusions of international agreements of the Federal Republic and its Laender
	(a)	Federal legislation of 23 May 1949	55
	(b)	Legislation of the Laender	55
	Section II: Directives and Decisions issued by the Allied High Commission for Germany
	(a)	Directive No. 3 (Revised)	57
	(b)	Directive No. 6	58
	(c)	Decision No. 11	59
31.	Greece
		Constitution of 14 June 1911	60
32.	Guatemala
	(a)	Constitution of 11 March 1945	60
	(b)	Law promulgated by the Executive Power, Decree No. 93	61
33.	Haiti
		Constitution of 14 November 1950	61
34.	Honduras
		Constitution of 8 March 1936	61
35.	Hungary
		Constitution of 20 August 1949	62
36.	Iceland
		Constitution of 17 June 1944	62
37.	India
	(a)	Historical note prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations	62
	(b)	Memorandum of 19 April 1951 from the Government of India	63
38.	Indonesia
	(a)	Historical note prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations	64
	(b)	Provisional Constitution of 13 August 1950	65
	(c)	Agreement between the Union Partners concerning foreign relations (adopted November 1949)	65
39.	Iran
	(a)	Constitution of 30 December 1906	65
	(b)	Constitutional Law of 8 October 1907	65
	(c)	Memorandum of 2 July 1951 from the Iranian Government	66
40.	Iraq
		Memorandum of 11 June 1951 from the Government of Iraq	66
41.	Ireland
		Constitution of 1 July 1937	67
42.	Israel
		Memorandum of 11 March 1951 from the Government of Israel	67
43.	Italy
		Constitution of 1 January 1948	72
44.	Japan
	(a)	Note by the Chief of Diplomatic Section of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers	72
	(b)	Constitution of 3 May 1947	72
45.	Jordan
		Constitution of 1 March 1947	73
46.	Korea
		Constitution of 12 July 1948	73
47.	Laos
		Constitution of 11 May 1947	74
48.	Lebanon
		Constitution of 23 May 1926	74
49.	Liberia
	(a)	Constitution of 26 July 1847	74
	(b)	An Act relating to treaties	74
	(c)	Memorandum of 31 May 1951 from the Liberian Government	74
	(d)	Act of the Legislature, 11 December 1911	75
50.	Libya
		Constitution of 7 October 1951	75
51.	Liechtenstein
	(a)	Constitution of 5 October 1921	75
	(b)	Introductory Act to Customs Treaty with Switzerland 29 March 1923	76
	(c)	Introductory and Transitional Provisions, 20 January 1926	76
	(d)	Constitution Act of 2 September 1939	76
52.	Luxembourg
	(a)	Constitution of 15 May 1919	76
	(b)	Memorandum of 20 February 1952 from the Government of Luxembourg	76
53.	Mexico
		Constitution of 5 February 1917	87
54.	Monaco
		Memorandum of 9 March 1951 from the Ministry of State of Monaco	87
55.	Mongolian People's Republic
		Constitution of 30 June 1940	88
56.	Nepal
		Note by the Secretariat of the United Nations	88
57.	Netherlands
		Excerpt from letter of 17 June 1952 addressed to Legal Department of Secretariat by Permanent Delegation of the Netherlands	88
58.	New Zealand
		Memorandum of 29 April 1952 from the Government of New Zealand	90
59.	Nicaragua
		Constitution of 6 November 1950	90
60.	Norway
	(a)	Constitution of 17 May 1814	91
	(b)	Memorandum of 4 April 1951 from the Norwegian Government	91
61.	Pakistan
		Memorandum of 28 December 1951 from the Government of Pakistan	92
62.	Panama
		Constitution of 1 March 1946	92
63.	Paraguay
		Constitution of 10July 1940	93
64.	Peru
		Memorandum of 28 February 1951 from the Government of Peru	93
65.	Philippines
		Memorandum of 25 January 1951 from the Government of the Philippines	94
66.	Poland
		Constitution of 20 February 1947	94
67.	Portugal
	(a)	Constitution of 11 April 1933	95
	(b)	Memorandum of 12 April 1951 from the Portuguese Government	95
68.	Romania
		Constitution of 13 April 1948	95
69.	Saudi Arabia
	(a)	Constitution of 29 August 1926	96
	(b)	Decree of 29 December 1931	96
70.	Spain
		Act of 17 July 1942	96
71.	Sweden
	(a)	Instrument of Government of 6 June 1809	96
	(b)	Memorandum of 28 May 1951 from the Swedish Government	97
72.	Switzerland
	(a)	Federal Constitution of 12 September 1848	98
	(b)	Federal Order concerning Economic Defence Measures of 4 October 1933	99
	(c)	Memorandum of 11 May 1951 from the Swiss Government	100
73.	Syria
		Constitution of 5 September 1950	102
74.	Thailand
		Memorandum of 9 November 1951 from the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs	102
75.	Turkey
	(a)	Constitution of 10January 1945	103
	(b)	Memorandum of 6 June 1951 from the Turkish Government	103
	(c)	Act No. 4582 of 5 June 1944	104
76.	Ukrainian S.S.R.
		Constitution of 30 January 1937	105
77.	Union of South Africa
	(a)	Section 4 (1) of the Status of the Union Act 1934	105
	(b)	Memorandum of 12 January 1953 from the Government of the Union of South Africa	105
78.	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
		Constitution of 5 December 1936	119
79.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
		Statement prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations	120
80.	United States of America
	(a)	Constitution of 4 March 1789	125
	(b)	Statement prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations	125
81.	Uruguay
		Constitution of 25 January 1952	134
82.	Vatican City
		Fundamental Law of 7 June 1929	135
83.	Venezuela
	(a)	Constitution of 20 July 1936, as amended in 1945	135
	(b)	Organic Statute of the Ministries	136
84.	Viet Nam
		Ordinance No. 1 of 1 July 1949	136
85.	Yemen
		Note by the Secretariat of the United Nations	136
86.	Yugoslavia
	(a)	Constitution of 31 January 1946	136
	(b)	Law of 2 March 1951 on the Presidium of the People's Assembly of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia	137
	(c)	Memorandum (undated 1951) from the Government of Yugoslavia	137
A select bibliography on the law of treaties