Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes

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Belarus

04-06-1962

The Government of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic recognises the Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 as ratified by Russia and considers itself a party to them to the extent that they do not conflict with subsequent international agreements to which the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic is party.

Iraq

01-11-1970

The accession by the Republic of Iraq to the Hague Conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes of 1899 and 1907 shall in no way signify recognition of Israel, nor shall it be conducive to entry by the Republic of Iraq into such dealings with her as may be entailed by the said Conventions.

Lebanon

14-02-1968

The accession of the Lebanon to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 for the pacific Settlement of International Disputes in no way implies its recognition of Israel and could not involve it in accomplishment with that State of the formalities provided for by the two Conventions.

Montenegro

01-03-2007

[...] the Government of the Republic of Montenegro succeeds to the Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, concluded at The Hague on 29 July 1899, and takes faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained as from 3 June 2006, the date upon the Republic of Montenegro assumed responsibility for its international relations.

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

13-01-1986

On 1 January 1986 the island of Aruba, which was a part of the Netherlands Antilles, has obtained internal autonomy as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Consequently, the Kingdom consists of three countries, namely the Netherlands (the European part of the Kingdom), the Netherlands Antilles (without Aruba) and Aruba.
As the changes of 1 January 1986 concern a shift only in the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Kingdom as such will remain the subject of international law with which treaties are concluded, the said changes will have no consequences regarding this Convention, concluded by the Kingdom, which was applicable to the Netherlands Antilles, included Aruba. This Convention remains in force for the Netherlands (European part), the Netherlands Antilles and for Aruba in its new capacity of country within the Kingdom.

18-10-2010

The Kingdom of the Netherlands consisted of three parts: the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles consisted of the islands of Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
With effect from 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist as a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Since that date, the Kingdom consists of four parts: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Curaçao and Sint Maarten enjoy internal self-government within the Kingdom, as Aruba and, up to 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles do.
These changes constitute a modification of the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will accordingly remain the subject of international law with which agreements are concluded. The modification of the structure of the Kingdom will therefore not affect the validity of the international agreements ratified by the Kingdom for the Netherlands Antilles. These agreements, including any reservations made, will continue to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
The other islands that have formed part of the Netherlands Antilles - Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba - became part of the Netherlands, thus constituting 'the Caribbean part of the Netherlands'. The agreements that applied to the Netherlands Antilles will also continue to apply to these islands; however, the Government of the Netherlands will now be responsible for implementing these agreements.

Romania

29-07-1899

Subject to the reservations formulated with respect to Articles 16, 17 and 19 of the present Convention (15, 16 and 18 of the draft submitted by the Examining Committee) and recorded in the proceedings of the session of the Third Commission held on 20 July 1899:
The Royal Government of Romania, while concurring entirely with the principle of optional arbitration, whose importance in international relations it fully appreciates, does not, however, intend to commit itself, through Article 15, to accepting arbitration in all the cases provided for in that Article, and believes it should formulate express reservations in that respect. It cannot therefore approve this Article, save with the above reservation.
The Royal Government of Romania declares that it is unable to approve Article 16 save with the express reservation, recorded in the proceedings, that it will not accept in any circumstances international arbitration in respect of contestations or disputes arising prior to the conclusion of the present Convention.
The Royal Government of Romania declares that in approving Article 18 of the Convention it does not commit itself in any way to obligatory arbitration.

Russian Federation

07-03-1955

The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics recognises the Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 as ratified by Russia, to the extent that the said Conventions and Declarations do not conflict with the Charter of the United Nations and provided that they have not been amended or superseded by subsequent international agreements to which the USSR is a party, such as the 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Similar Gases and of Bacteriological Means and the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War.

Serbia

09-06-2006

Following the declaration of the state independence of Montenegro, and under the Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia is continuing international personality of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, which was confirmed also by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia at its session held on 5 June 2006.

Türkiye

29-07-1899

Subject to the declaration made at the plenary session of the Conference on 25 July 1899:
The Ottoman Delegation, considering that the work of the Conference has been an enterprise of great integrity and humanity intended solely to strengthen the general peace while safeguarding the interests and rights of everyone, declares, on behalf of its Government, that it will accede to the overall draft that has just been adopted, on the following conditions:
1. It is formally understood that recourse to good offices, mediation, commissions of inquiry and arbitration is purely optional and could not in any circumstances take on an obligatory character or degenerate into intervention;
2. The Imperial Government will have to judge for itself in what cases its interests permit it to admit these means, nor should its abstention from them or its refusal to have recourse to them be considered by the Signatory States as an unfriendly procedure.
It goes without saying that the means in question could never be applied to questions of a domestic nature.

Ukraine

04-04-1962

The Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic recognises the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes as ratified by Russia, to the extent that the said Conventions do not conflict with the Charter of the United Nations.

United States of America

29-07-1899

Subject to the declaration made at the plenary session of the Conference on 25 July 1899:
While signing the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes in the form proposed by the International Peace Conference, the delegation of the United States of America makes the following Declaration:
Nothing contained in the Convention may be interpreted as obliging the United States of America to deviate from its traditional policy of abstaining from intervention, interference and intrusion in the political questions or in the policy or in the domestic administration of any foreign state. It is likewise understood that nothing in the Convention shall be interpreted as implying the abandonment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude in respect of purely American questions.