3. The work of the Hague Conferences with a view to the peaceful organization of the Society of Nations shall be developed. The Hague Conference shall be given a permanent organization and meet at regular intervals. The States shall agree to submit all their disputes to peaceful settlement. For this purpose there shall be created, in addition to the existent Hague Court of Arbitration (a) a permanent Court of International Justice; (b) a permanent international Council of Investigation and Conciliation. The States shall bind themselves to take concerted action, diplomatic, economic or military, in case any State should resort to military measures instead of submitting the dispute to judicial decision or to the mediation of the Council of Investigation and Conciliation. 4. The States shall agree to reduce their armaments. In order to facilitate the reduction of naval armaments, the right of capture shall be abolished and the freedom of the seas assured. 5. Foreign policy shall be under the effective control of the Parliaments of the respective nations. Secret treaties shall be void. UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: BRUSSELS _Secretary-General_: Paul Otlet. [Sidenote: Union of International Associations.] Project of World-Charter (“Charte Mondiale”), by M. Paul Otlet. 1. Court of arbitration and court of justice. 2. Council of inquiry and conciliation. 3. Council of States, taking in concert diplomatic, economic and military measures. International armed force consisting of national contingents under an international general staff. 4. International Parliament with two houses—the lower composed of delegates from the various Parliaments; upper, of delegates from the international associations representing the fundamental social forces. 5. No annexation and no right of conquest. Guarantee of rights of minorities. Freedom of nationalities. 6. Democratic control of foreign policy. Suppression of alliances and of secret treaties. 7. Considerable reduction of armies, and application of war budgets to education, etc. 8. Freedom of commerce, at least in colonies. 9. Woman suffrage. Reform of education and of the press. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF PEACE (BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DE LA PAIX) _President_: H. La Fontaine. [Sidenote: International Bureau of Peace.] 1. Neutral States should be called to participate in the peace negotiations, because a permanent peace ought to be guaranteed by the signature of all the powers of the world. 2. No annexations must take place without the consent of the populations concerned. In all the States of diverse nationalities the rights of minorities must be guaranteed. 3. There should be established an international organization of States, with permanent bodies and especially an international tribunal before which will be brought international disputes.