Documents of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference

On 25 September 1925 the Sixth Assembly of the League of Nations approved a proposal to initiate preparatory work for a general and all-inclusive World Disarmament Conference. On 12 December 1925 the Council of the League of Nations therefore created a Preparatory Commission consisting of the ten states on the Council, six other European countries (Bulgaria, Finland, Netherlands, Poland, Roumania, and Yugoslavia), and three key non-League members: Germany, the Soviet Union and the US. Argentina, Chile, Greece and Turkey were subsequently invited to join the Commission in 1926-28.

The Commission held six sessions, two in 1926, two in 1927, one in 1928, and the sixth which ran from 15 April - 6 May 1929, when it was suspended to allow the major naval powers to resolve their differences (which did not occur until LNC30). The sixth session resumed on 6 November 1930. The Preparatory Disarmament Commission finally adopted a draft Disarmament Convention for submission to the General Conference on 9 December 1930, ending five years of work.

Series	Title	Distribution No.	Sales No.
Series I	Documents concerning the constitution of the Preparatory Commission (Second session of the Committee of the Council)	C.9.M.5.1926.IX (C.P.D.1.)
Series II	First Session of the Preparatory Commission	C.425.M.158.1926.IX (C.P.D. 1(a)(1).)	1926.IX.7
Series III	Second Session of the Preparatory Commission; Fourth and Fifth Sessions of the Committee of the Council	C.740.M.279.1926.IX (C.P.D. 1(b).)	1927.IX.2
Series IV	Third Session of the Preparatory Commission	C.310.M.109.1927.IX (C.P.D. 1(c).)	1927.IX.5
Series V, pp.1-34	Fourth Session of the Preparatory Commission	C.667.M.225.1927.IX (C.P.D. 1(d).)	1928.IX.2
Series VI, pp.227-356	Fifth Session of the Preparatory Commission	C.165.M.50.1928.IX (C.P.D. 1(e).)	1928.IX.6
Series VIII	Sixth Session of the Preparatory Commission (First Part)	C.195.M.74.1929.IX (C.P.D. 1(g).)	1929.IX.3
Series IX	Documents of the Preparatory Commission - Series IX - Minutes of the Fourth Session of the Committee on Arbitration and Security	C.357.M.149.1930.IX. (C.P.D. 1(h).)
Series X	Sixth Session of the Preparatory Commission (Second Part).	C.4.M.4.1931.IX (C.P.D. 1(1).)	1931.IX.1
Series XI	Index containing a Detailed Analysis of the Documents of the Preparatory Commission of the Disarmament Conference and its Sub-Commissions with the exception of the Documents of the Committee on Arbitration and Security. Part II. Index or Brief Analysis of the Documents of the Committee on Arbitration and Security	C.428.M.178.1931.IX (C.P.D. 1(j).) (C.A.S. 117.)
	Report of Sub-Commission A (Military, Naval and Air)	C.739.M.278.1926.IX (C.P.D. 28)	1926.IX.16
	Report of Sub-Commission B	C.P.D. 29 (C.P.D./C. “B”/12.)	1926.IX.15
	Report of the Committee of Experts on Budgetary Questions	C.182.M.69.1931.IX. (C.P.D. 298.) (C.P.D./D.Q.B. 155 (2).)	1931.IX.3
	Draft Convention	C.687.M.288.1930.IX (C.P.D.292(2).)	1930.IX.8

Non-League of Nations Paper

Paper	Title
CMD 3757	Report of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference and the Draft Disarmament Convention

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