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Telecommunications—4th December, 1945, Bermuda : Agreement between the Governments of the United States of America and the British Commonwealth and Empire. International Telecommunication Convention, signed at Madrid on 9th 1932. The Telegraph Regulations (Revision of Cairo, 1938) annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention, Madrid, 1932, signed at Cairoon the 4th April, 1938. Trade — 23rd April, 1932 : Agreement between Canada and New Zealand. sth September, 1933 : Agreement between Australia and New Zealand (in part). Extradition Treaties — Between United Kingdom and the following States: Albania, Austria,. Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary,. Iraq, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, San Marino, San Salvador, Siam, Spain, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. Supplementary Extradition Convention between the United Kingdom and. Austria. Agreements for the Abolition of Visas — Exemption from the requirements of a visa has been provided for in the case of Netherlands nationals and Swiss nationals. Real and Personal Property, Disposal of — Convention between the United Kingdom and the United States of America signed on 2nd March, 1899, and amendment thereto, of which ratifications were exchanged on 10th March, 1941. Trusteeship — Trusteeship Agreement for Western Samoa, signed at New York, 13th December, 1946. The New Zealand Government is co-operating with the Trusteeship Council and other organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations to the fullest possible extent. It is not considered desirable that these organs and agencies should deal with the Territory otherwise than through the Administering Authority. In April, 1947, the Trusteeship Council examined a petition from the Samoan people, and at the invitation of the New Zealand Government sent a Mission to the Territory. Questionnaires received from the Secretary-General have been answered. No non-governmental bodies that can be strictly described as being of an international character carry on work in the Territory, unless the missionary societies represented can be so described. Regional Agreements South Pacific Health Service 7th September, 1946 : Agreement for the establishment of a South Pacific Health Service, made between the Government of New Zealand (in respect of Western Samoa and the Cook Islands), the Government of Fiji, the Western Pacific High and the Government of Tonga.

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