Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 March 2017
* [Reproduced from the text provided by the Canadian Embassy at Washington, D.C.
[Bills C-202 and C-203 were first read in the House of Commons on April 8, 1970. The bills require three readings to pass the House of Commons. As of May 7, 1970, they had received a second reading and were being considered in committee. From the Commons, the bills go to the Senate; three readings are also required in the Senate.
[The Canadian declaration of April 7, 1970, concerning the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, appears at page 598. The Canadian Prime Minister's remarks concerning the bills and the declaration appear at page 600. The U.S. statement on Canada's proposed legislation appears at page 605. A summary of the Canadian note of April 16, 1970, in reply to the U.S. Government, appears at page 607.]
* [Reproduced from a text provided by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. This draft was submitted by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament on April 23, 1970.
[The U.S.-U.S.S.R. joint draft treaty of October 30, 1969, appears at 9 International Legal Materials 392; U.N. General Assembly Resolutions concerning that draft appear at 9 International Legal Materials 417. The U.S.S.R. proposal of March 18, 1969, appears at 8 International Legal Materials 659; the U.S. proposal of May 22, 1969, appears at 8 International Legal Materials 667.]