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Membership and Indebtedness in the League of Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2017

Denys P. Myers
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 1938 , pp. 148 - 152
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1938

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References

1 Official Journal, 1935, 451. It is the practice of the League of Nations to date the effect of communications from the time of their receipt.

2 Official Journal, 1927, 506, note.

3 Brazil’s membership ended June 12, 1928, and its payment that year was for 13.07377 units of a quota of 29; Costa Rica’s withdrawal coincided with the end of a budget period. Both, after withdrawal, received distributions of budget surpluses accruing during their membership. Germany’s quota for the period ended October 20, 1935, amounted to 64.41643 units instead of 79 for the budget year. Japan’s quota until March 27, 1935, was 13.97260 units instead of 60 for the budget year. In 1938 three withdrawals of states

4 On August 31, 1937, Paraguay’s unpaid contributions were as follows, in gold francs:

1920–22…………15,370.80

1927………… 17,593.24

1929………… 21,203.37

1930………… 27,553.28

1931………… 30,641.60

1932………… 32,941.19

1933………… 33,016.43

1934………… 30,432.20

1935………… 30,294.65

1936………… 28,777.10

1937………… 23,060.45

290,884.31

(A.28.1937.X. The amount in current Swiss francs was 411,256.35.)

5 The expenses of the Chaco Commission were advanced from the Working Capital Fund of the League of Nations by authority of the Council to a total of 315,000 gold francs. Bolivia repaid its moiety of 153,947.27 gold francs in three instalments in November, 1935, and January and April, 1936. (League of Nations, Audited Accounts for the 18th Financial Period (1936), 8–9 (A.3.1937.X.1).) No payments were received from Paraguay up to October, 1937. (Comment of the rapporteur of the Supervisory Commission in the meeting of the Assembly's Fourth Committee, Oct. 2,1937). The advances were made by decisions of the Council for which the disputants made no request (Records of the 16th Assembly, Minutes of the Fourth Committee (Official Journal, Spl. Supp. No. 141, p. 10).

6 Report of the Special Committee on Contributions in Arrear (A.16.1937.X).

7 The arrangement (summarized in A.16.1937.X) provides that 26,101.80 gold francs should be paid in twenty annual instalments of 1,305.10 gold francs each in 1937–56, with any default reviving the cancelled debt of 315,139.88 gold francs.

8 A.76.1937.X; Official Journal, 1937, p. 700. The 1935 Assembly approved this recommendation of the Special Committee on Contributions in Arrear: “When a State has made an arrangement with the approval of the Assembly for the payment of its debt by annual instalments, and punctually meets its obligations, it should be regarded as in good standing with the League” (A.15.1934.X; Records of the 16th Assembly, Minutes of the 4th Committee (Official Journal, Spl. Supp. No. 141, p. 80).)

9 These were the views of the Netherlands, Swedish, United Kingdom, Belgian, Soviet, Norwegian, Egyptian, Swiss and Chinese representatives.

10 Official Journal, 1927, 381, 505.

11 Dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. Records of the Special Session of the Assembly, 49 (“Report … adopted by the Assembly on November 24th 1934”, Sees. 12, 13); protocol of June 12, 1935. Official Journal, 1935, 901.

12 AI/8.1937.

13 Financial Questions. General Report of the Fourth Committee to the 1937 Assembly (A.76.1936.X), Official Journal, 1937, p. 700.

14 The reference is to China, Records of the 11th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, Minutes of the 4th Committee (Official Journal, Spl. Supp. No. 88, p. 411); Records of the 12th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, Minutes of the 4th Committee (Official Journal, Spl. Supp. No. 97, p. 70); Official Journal, 1931, 1140. The anomalous situation was the use of arrear payments to meet expenses of the collaboration with China.

15 Official Journal, 1937, 260.