United Nations Treaty Series/Volume 1/1/1
No. 1
UNITED KINGDOM
Declaration recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the Court, in conformity with Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, in all legal disputes concerning the interpretation, application, or validity of any treaty relating to the boundaries of British Honduras. London, 13 February 1946
English official text communicated by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Great Britain. The registration ex officio by the Secretariat of the United Nations took place on 14 December 1946.
I, Ernest Bevin, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, declare on behalf of His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice that for a period of five years from the date of this declaration they accept as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other State accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court in all legal disputes concerning the interpretation, application, or validity of any treaty relating to the boundaries of British Honduras, and over any questions arising out of any conclusion which the Court may reach with regard to such treaty.
Given under my hand and seal, at the Foreign Office, London, this Thirteenth day of February, One Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-six.