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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

Denys P. Myers
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Editor’s Note: Through the generosity of The International Law Fund, the American Journal Of International Law is able to undertake, on an experimental basis, a new section devoted to Contemporary Practice of the United States relating to International Law.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , October 1959 , pp. 896 - 922
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1959

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References

1 40 Department of State Bulletin 128 (1959).

2 If each Member of the United Nations accredited a diplomatic mission to each of the other Members, the total number of missions would be 6,642. There are probably not more than 2,500 diplomatic missions actually accredited, though much bilateral business is done by temporary missions and through consular officers.

3 4 Trenwith, Treaties, Conventions, etc., 4962, 5018; IT. 8. Treaty Series 762; 45 Stat. 2492.

4 On the status of Muscat and Oman, see 7 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 108 (1958).

5 Sen. Exec. Rep. 1, 86th Cong., 1st Sess.

6 T.I.A.S., No. 3097; 5 U. S. Treaties 2368; 1 American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents 897.

7 T.I.A.S., No. 3178; 6 TJ. S. Treaties 433; 1 American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents 945.

8 The articles cited or quoted are in 1 American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955; Basic Documents 791, 792, 813, 853, 871, 874, 879, 914. The reports with the treaties also discuss these articles.

9 Sen. Exec. B, 86th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 2. The Convention was ratified by the President of the United States on June 12, 1959.

10 U.N. Doc. A/Res./1307(XIII), Dec. 10, 1958.

11 40 Department of State Bulletin 373 (1959).

12 ibid. 127

13 33 Stat. 2234; U. S. Treaty Series 431; 2 Malloy 1349. Various articles, paragraphs or sentences of this basic treaty have been superseded, abrogated, amended or modified by the treaties of March 2, 1936, and Jan. 25, 1955 (53 Stat. 1807; Treaty Series 945, and 6 TJ. S. Treaties 2273; T.I.A.S., No. 3297), but Art. XXIV remains in full effect. For details see Treaties in Force … January 1, 1959, p. 132, note 3 (Dept. of State Pub. 6762).

14 Treaty relating to the Uses of Waters of the Niagara River, Feb. 27, 1950, T.I.A.S., No. 2130; 1 U. S. Treaties 694; 132 U.N. Treaty Series 223. The St. Lawrence Seaway was built in accordance with the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Act of Canada, 1952 R.S.C., c. 242, and the TJ. S. Act of May 13, 1954, creating the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 68 Stat. 92.

15 40 Department of State Bulletin 404 (1959).

16 T. Richard Witmer (ed.), Documents on the Use and Control of the Waters of Interstate and International Streams; Compacts, Treaties and Adjudications 565-592 (1956). For a, documented discussion of this problem, see Siznsarian, in 32 A.J.I.L. 488 (1938). See also Missouri v. Illinois and Sanitary District of Chicago, 180 U. S. 208 (1901) and 200 U. 8. 496 (1906).

17 A hearing entitled “The International Claims Settlement Act” was held May 29, 1959, before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Belations. The report of the Hearing on S. 706, to amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, 86th Cong., 1st Sess. (68 pp.), contains the texts referred to in this, note and other material.

18 Agreement of Sept. 20, 1952.

19 Aug. 8, 1958, 85th Cong. (8. 3557). This section is discussed in a note by Branko M. Peselj, 53 A.J.I.L. 144-151 (1959).

20 Agreement of June 19, 1951, 4 U. S. Treaties 1792; T.I.A.S., No. 2846; 199 U.N. Treaty Series 67.

20a Quoted from Judge Advocate Legal Service, July 1, 1959, p. 13 (Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 27-101-11).

21 56 Stat. 1273, and 54 Stat. 2491; 35 A.J.I.L. Supp. 28, 18 (1941).

22 Public Law 32, 77th Cong., 55 Stat. 133. For earlier forms, see H.J. Res. 556 and S.J. Bes. 271, 76th Cong.

23 37 Stat. 627; 6 A.J.I.L. 190 (1912).

24 48 Cong. Rec. 10046; 5 Hackworth, Digest 437-438; 6 A.J.I.L. 938 (1912).

25 94 Cong. Rec. 7791, 7846; 43 A . J . I . L . 634 (1949).

26 89 Cong. Rec. 7729, 9222; 38 A.J.I.L. Supp. 2 (1944).

27 Sen. Rep. 206, 86th Cong., 1st Sess.

28 40 Department of State Bulletin 742 (1959).

29 95 Brit, and For. State Papers 6.

30 4 Trenwith 5599.

31 59 Stat. 922.

32 6 U. S. Treaties 203; T.I.A.S., No. 3177.

33 Sen. Exec. D, 86th Cong., 1st Sees.

34 60 Stat. 1401, 1440; T.I.A.S., Nos. 1501, 1502; 2 U.N. Treaty Series 39, 134.

35 59 Stat. 512; as amended, H. Rep. 225, 86th Cong., p. 9.

36 73 Stat. 80; Public Law 86-48.

37 T.I.A.S., No. 2795; 4 U. S. Treaties 893, 896.

38 2 European Yearbook 362.

39 3 ibid. 213.

40 40 Department of State Bulletin 516 (1959); T.I.A.S., No. 4200.