(3) Delegates of States not represented on the Commission may be invited to attend whenever the Commission thinks fit. (4) The Council may invite any States not Members of the League of Nations which may have notified their intention of taking part in the International Conference for the Reduction of Armaments to appoint representatives to participate in the work of the Commission. RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY, OCTOBER 2ND, 1924. I. The Assembly, Having taken note of the reports of the First and Third {212} Committees on the questions referred to them by the Assembly resolution of September 6th, 1924, Welcomes warmly the draft Protocol on the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes proposed by the two Committees, of which the text is annexed to this resolution, and Decides (1) To recommend to the earnest attention of all the Members of the League the acceptance of the said draft Protocol; (2) To open immediately the said Protocol in the terms proposed for signature by those representatives of Members of the League who are already in a position to sign it and to hold it open for signature by all other States; (3) To request the Council forthwith to appoint a Committee to draft the amendments to the Covenant contemplated by the terms of the said Protocol; (4) To request the Council to convene an International Conference for the Reduction of Armaments, which shall meet at Geneva as provided by the following stipulations of Article 17 of the draft Protocol: "In preparation for the convening of the Conference, the Council shall draw up, with due regard to the undertakings contained in Articles 11 and 13 of the present Protocol, a general programme for the reduction and limitation of armaments which shall be laid before the Conference and be communicated to the Governments at the earliest possible date, and at the latest, three months before the Conference meets. "If by May 1st, 1925, ratifications have not been deposited by at least a majority of the permanent Members of the Council and ten other Members of the League, the Secretary-General of the League shall immediately consult the Council as to whether he shall cancel the invitations or merely adjourn the Conference to a subsequent date to be fixed by the Council so as to permit the necessary number of ratifications to be obtained." {213} (5) To request the Council to put into immediate execution the provisions of Article 12 of the draft Protocol. RECOMMENDATION OF THE ASSEMBLY, OCTOBER 2ND, 1924. II. The Assembly, Having taken cognisance of the report of the First Committee upon the terms of Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice;