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Traffic in Women and Children c -Y7 6, h:, 2/1. ■; i LEAGUE OF NATIONS TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN CONFERENCE OF CENTRAL AUTHORITIES IN EASTERN COUNTRIES Bandoeng (Java), February 2nd to 13th, 1937 MINUTES OF MEETINGS GENEVA, 1937. I Published previously : LICENSED HOUSES. Abstract of the Reports from Governments on the System of Licensed Houses as related to Traffic in Women and Children. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1 9 2 7 .IV .1 4 )....................................................................................................... Out of print Licensed Houses. — Abstract of the Reports from Governments on the System of Licensed Houses as related to Traffic in Women and Children. Additional Information received from Governments of Countries where the System of Licensed Houses has been abolished. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1929.IV.2)............................................... ......................... Out of print1 Study of Laws and Regulations with a View to protecting Public Order and Health in Countries where the System of Licensed Houses has been abolished. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1930.IV .5 ) ................................................... 3/3 80.80 Abolition of Licensed Houses. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1934.IV.7 ) .......................... 3 /- t o .75 LAWS AND PENALTIES RELATING TO “ SOUTENEURS Concise Study of the Laws and Penalties relating to " Souteneurs ” . (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1931.IV .10).................................................................................. 1/3 $0.30 REPORT OF THE SPECIAL BODY OF EXPERTS. Reports (in two parts) of the Special Body of Experts on Traffic in Women and Children. Enquiry into the international organisation of, and certain routes followed by, the traffic between various countries of Europe, North Africa, North America, South America and Central America. Part I (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1927.IV .2/I)........................................................ 2 /- $0.50 Part II (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1927.IV .2/II)........................................................ 7/6 $2.00 COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE EAST. Report to the Council. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1932.IV .8 )....................................... 16/- $4.00 This report contains a general section in which the results of the enquiry are set forth according to the various racial groups of the victims of the traffic. Western women and Russian women are first studied ; then come the monographs relating to Chinese, Japanese, Philippine, Annamite, Siamese, Malayan, Indian, Persian, Arab and African women. The second part of the report describes the situation in regard to the international traffic, country by country. These studies relate to the following territories : Far East : Japan, China, Hong-Kong, Macao, Philippine Islands, Indo-China, Netherlands East Indies, Straits Settlements, Federated and Unfederated Malay States, Siam. Middle East : India, Ceylon, Persia. Near East : Iraq, Levant Territories under French Mandate, Palestine. Summary of the Report to the Council. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1934.IV.3) . 1 /- $0.25 Digest of the Comments by Private Organisations on the Report of the League of Nations Commission of Enquiry into Traffic in W omen and Children in the East. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1934.IV.4).................................. gd. $0.20 Position of Women of Russian Origin in the Far East. (Ser. L.o.N. P. I 935.IV.3) . .................................................................................................. gd. $0.20 1 Some copies of the French edition are still available. [Communicated to the Council and the Members of the League.] Official No. : C. 476. M. 318. 1937- IV. Geneva, December 1937. LEAGUE OF NATIONS TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN CONFERENCE OF CENTRAL AUTHORITIES IN EASTERN COUNTRIES Bandoeng (Java), February 2nd to 13th, 1937 MINUTES OF MEETINGS Series of League of Nations Publications _____ 1937. IV. 10. CONTENTS.1 First Meeting, February 2nd, 1937, at 10 a.m. : 1. Opening of the Conference : Speech by M. Enthoven, Director of the Department of J u s t ic e ............................................... 5 2. Message to the Conference from M. Avenol, Secretary-General of the League of Nations . 8 3. Election of the P r e s id e n t..................................................................................................................... 8 4. Speech b y the President............................. 8 5. Adoption of the A gen d a.............................................................................................. 9 6. Appointment of the Credentials C o m m ittee.................................................................................. 9 7. Election of the Vice-President and of the Bureau of the Conference...................................... 9 8. Adoption of the Rules of P roced u re............................................................................................... 10 9. Credentials of the Delegates : Report of the Credentials C o m m ittee.................................. 10 Second Meeting, February 3rd, 1937, at 9.30 a.m. : 10. Closer Collaboration and Wider Exchange of Information between the Police and Other Authorities in the Different Countries who are responsible for Measures concerning the Prevention of Traffic in Women and Children in the East (Item I of the Agenda) : General D iscu ssion ........................................................................................................................... 10 11. Appointment of a Sub-Committee to examine the Suggestions made by the Delegates of Siam and of the Straits Settlements regarding Item I of the A g en d a ...................... 17 Third Meeting, February 4th, 1937, at 9 a.m. : 12. Telegram from M. von Schmieden, Secretary of the Commission of Enquiry in the Far East 18 13. Credentials of the Delegates : Second Report of the Credentials Committee..................... 18 14. Closer Collaboration and Wider Exchange of Information between the Police and Other Authorities in the Different Countries who are responsible for Measures concerning the Prevention of Traffic in Women and Children in the East (Item I of the Agenda) : General Discussion (continuation) : Report of the Sub-Committee concerning the Creation of an Information Bureau in the E ast...................................................................... 18 15- Migration, in so far as this Question affects the Protection of Migrants against Traffic in Women and Children (Item II of the Agenda) : General D iscu ssio n ............................... 21 Fourth Meeting, February 5th, 1937, at 9 a.m. : 16. Migration, in so far as this Question affects the Protection of Migrants against Traffic in Women and Children (Item II of the Agenda) : General Discussion (continuation) . 25 Fifth Meeting, February 8th, 1937, at 9 a.m. : I7- Possibility of abolishing Licensed or Tolerated Brothels in the East (Item III of the Agenda) : General D iscu ssio n .................................................................................................... 35 Sixth Meeting, February 9th, 1937, at 5 p.m. : *8. Possibility of abolishing Licensed or Tolerated Brothels in the East (Item III of the Agenda) : General Discussion (continuation)...................................................................... 42 Seventh Meeting, February 10th, 1937, at 9 a.m. : I9- Possibility of abolishing Licensed or Tolerated Brothels in the East (Item III of the Agenda) : General Discussion (continuation)........................................................................... 48 list of the members of the delegations will be found in Annex 5, page 101 (Report of the Conference entrai Authorities in Eastern Countries). 3 3n S.d.N. 1.115 (F.) 1.n o (A.) 11/37 Imp. Vit te, Lyon. — 4 — E ighth Meeting , February ioth, 1937, at 5.30 p.m. : 20. Closer Collaboration between Police and Other Authorities and Private Organisations in the East (Item IV of the Agenda) : General Discussion ................................................ 55 N inth Meeting, February nth, 1937, at 9 a.m. : 21. Closer Collaboration between Police and Other Authorities and Private Organisations in the East (Item IV of the Agenda) : General Discussion (continuation).................. 60 22. Possibility of employing a Larger Number of Women Officials by the Authorities responsible for the Welfare of Women and Children (Item V of the Agenda) : General Discussion . 65 T enth Meeting , February 12th, 1937, at 9 a.m. : 23. Problem of Women Refugees of Russian Origin in the Far East who have been or are in Danger of becoming Victims of the Traffic (Item VI of the Agenda) : General Discussion 68 24. Adoption of the Draft Resolutions submitted by the Bureau of the Conference.................. 72 E leventh Meeting , February 13th, 1937, at 11 a.m. : 25. Adoption of the Report of the C on feren ce........................................................................................ 72 T welfth Meeting, February 13th, 1937, at 5.30 p.m. : 26. Close of the C onference........................................................................................................................... 73 ANNEXES. 1. Rules of Procedure of the Conference.............................................................................................. 77 2. Creation of an Information Bureau in the East : Report of the Sub-Committee.......................... 78 3. Selected Statistics of Venereal Diseases and their Treatment : A. British M alaya.............................................................................................................. 79 B. Incidence
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