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 1984 ARBITRATION, ETC., TREATY-SWITZERLAND. FEB. 16, 1931. Who, having communicated to one another their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following ar- ticles : ARTICLE I Disootes to be sub- E d'te..bet mitt.ea to arbitration very IS{>U ansmg ween «oonciliation. the Contractmg Parties, of what- ever nature it may be, shall, when ordinary' diplomatic proceedings have faIled, be submitted to arbi- tration or to conciliation, as the Contracting Parties may at the time decide. AlmCLE II Submission for in· Any dispute which has not vestlgation and report • • toPermaoentCommis- been settled by diplomacy and m sion of Conciliation. regard to whIch the Contracting Parties do not in fact have re- course to adjUdication by an arbi- tral tribunal shall be submitted for investigation and report to a Permanent Commission of Con- ciliation constituted in the man- ner hereinafter prescribed. ARTICLE TIl Permanent Commis- ThP tCo .. f lion of Conciliation. e ermanen mmISSlOn 0 Composition, etc. Conciliation shall be composed of five members and shall be constituted as soon as possible after the exchange of ratifications of this Treaty. Each of the Con- tracting Parties shall appoint two members, one from among its own nationals, the other from among the nationals of a third President of Com· State. The Contracting Parties mission. will, in common accord, appoint the fifth member, who shall not be one of their nationals, and who shall be ex officio the Presi- dent of the Commission. If no agreement is reached as to the choice of the President of the Commission his election shall be conducted in accordance with the Vo1.3&,p.2223. method prescribed in the fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of Article 45 of the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of Inter- national Disputes, concluded at The Hague on October 18, 1907. BecaD,vacancleB,etc. At any time when there is no case before the Commission, either of the Contracting Parties may lesquels, apres s'etre commu- nique leurs pleins pouvoirs, re- connus en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des dispositions suivantes: ARTICLE I Tout differend, de quelque na- tUre qu'il soit, qui viendrait a. s'elever entre les parties contrac- tantes sera, en cas d'echec des pro- cedes diplomatiques ordinalres, soumis A l'arbitrage ou a. la con- ciliation suivant ce que decideront alors les parties contractantes. ARTICLE II Tout difi'erend qui n'aurait pu etre regIe par la voie diplomati- que et pour la solution duquel les parties contractantes n'auraient pas, en fait,. recours a. un tri- bunal d'arbitrage sera soumis, aux fins d'en9.uete et rapport, a. une CommissIon permanente de con- ciliation constituee conformement a. ce qui est prescrit plus loin. ARTICLE TIl La Commission permanente de conciliation comprendra cinq membres et sera constituee aussi- tot que possible apres l'khange des ratifications du present traite. Les parties contractantes nom- meront chacune deux membres, Pun choisi parmi leurs propres nationaux, Ie second parmi les ressortissants d'un Etat tiers. Elles designeront d'un commun accord Ie cinquieme membre qui ne sera pas un de leurs nationaux et qui sera de plein droit~resi­ dent de la Commission. En cas de desaccord sur Ie choix du pre- sident de la commission, il sera procede A sa nomination, con- formement au mode prescrit aux alineas 4, 5 et 6 de Particle 45 de la convention pour Ie reglement pacifique des conflits internatio- naux, conclue, A La Haye, Ie 18 octobre 1907. En tout temps, lorsqu'il n'y aura aucun cas pendant devant Ia commission, chacune des par-