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APPENDIX 1 AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES, IST APRIL, 1946-31 st MARCH, 1947 I. Multilateral Agreements Protocol to prolong the International Sanitary Convention of 1944 modifying the International Sanitary Convention of 21st June, 1926. Signed at Washington, 23rd April, 1946. Protocol to prolong the International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation 1944 modifying the International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation of 12th April, 1933. Signed at Washington, 23rd April, 1946. Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization adopted at Paris, sth November, 1945, and brought into force 26th September, 1946. New Zealand ratification deposited, 22nd May, 1946. Denunciation by New Zealand of the Convention for the Regulation of Aerial Navigation signed at Paris, 13th October, 1919. Deposited with French Government, 28th June, 1946. Accession by New Zealand to the Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at London, 2nd June, 1934. New Zealand acceded, 14th July, 1946. Accession included Western Samoa. Final Acts of the International Health Conference, held in New York from 19th June to 22nd July, 1946. Done at New York, 22nd July, 1946, viz : (a) Final Act of the Conference. (b) Constitution of the World Health Organization. (See below for note of New Zealand Acceptance.) (c) *Arrangement concluded by the Governments represented at the Conference. (d) Protocol concerning the Office International d''Hygiene Publique. (See below for note of New Zealand ratification.) Final Act of the Conference of Representatives of certain Governments members of the Inter - Allied Reparations Agency to consider the question of the treatment of German-owned patents held in London, 15th to 27th July, 1946. Signed at London, 27th July, 1946. * Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization. Adopted by the twenty-ninth International Labour Conference at Montreal, 9th October, 1946, subject to ratification by States members. *Convention concerning medical examination for fitness for employment in industry of children and young persons. Adopted.by the twenty-ninth International Labour Conference at Montreal, 9th October, 1946, subject to ratification by States members. ♦ * Convention concerning medical examination of children and young persons for fitness for employment in non-industrial occupations. Adopted by the twenty-ninth International Labour Conference at Montreal, 9th October, 1946, subject to ratification by States members. * Convention concerning restriction of night work of children and young persons in nonindustrial occupations. Adopted by the twenty-ninth International Labour Conference at Montreal, 9th October, 1946, subject to ratification by States members. * Recommendation concerning the medical examination for fitness for employment of children and young persons. Adopted by the twenty-ninth International Labour Conference at Montreal, 9th October, 1946, subject to endorsement by States members. * Recommendation concerning the restriction of night work of children and young persons in non-industrial occupations. Adopted by the twenty-ninth International Labour Conference at Montreal, 9th October, 1946, subject to endorsement by States members. Ratification by New Zealand of the Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, adopted by the International Labour Conference at Geneva, 24th October, 1936. New Zealand ratification deposited, 10th October, 1946. Accord between certain Governments members of the Inter-Allied Reparations Agency on the treatment of German-owned patents, done at London on 27th July, 1946. Accepted by New Zealand, 22nd November, 1946. Acceptance includes Western Samoa. Extension to the Cook Islands and Western Samoa of the Convention regarding the application o£ weekly rest in industrial undertakings. Signed at Geneva on 17th November, 1921. Notification to ILO dated 22nd November, 1946. Extension to the Cook Islands and Western Samoa of the International Convention concerning forced or compulsory labour. Signed at Geneva on 28th June, 1930. Notification to ILO, 22nd November, 1946. *Protocol for the Regulation of Whaling. Signed at Washington, 2nd December, 1946. Acceptance by New Zealand of the Constitution of the World Health Organization. Deposited, 10th December, 1946. Ratification by New Zealand of the Protocol concerning the Office International d'Hygiene Publique. Deposited, 10th December, 1946. Protocol amending the Agreements, Conventions, and Protocols on Narcotic Drugs concluded at the Hague on 23rd January, 1912, at Geneva on 11th February, 1925, 19th February, 1925, and 13th July, 1931, at Bangkok on 27th November, 1931, and at Geneva on 26th June, 1936. Signed at Lake Success (N.Y.) on 11th December, 1946.

* Not binding on New Zealand until further action taken {e.g., ratification or acceptance).

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