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The
Members of the League of Nations, through the undersigned, duly
authorized, declare their acceptance of the adjoined Statute of the
Permanent Court of International Justice, which was approved by a
unanimous vote of the Assembly of the League on the 13th of December,
1920, at Geneva.
Consequently, they hereby declare that they accept the jurisdiction of the
Court in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the
abovementioned Statute.
The Present Protocol, which has been drawn up in accordance with the
decision taken by the Assembly of the League of Nations on the 13th
December, 1920, is subject to ratification. Each Power shall send its
ratification to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations; the latter
shall take the necessary steps to notify such ratification to the other
signatory Powers. The ratification shall be deposited in the archives of
the Secretariat of the League of Nations.
The said Protocol shall remain open for signature by the Members of the
League of Nations and by the States mentioned in the Annex to the Covenant
of the League.
The Statute of the Court shall come into force as provided in the above
mentioned decision.
Executed at Geneva, in a single copy, the French and English texts of
which shall both be authentic.
December 16th, 1920
Signature
and Ratification of the Protocol of Signature of December 16, 1920
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