The States shall guarantee to the various nationalities, included in their boundaries, equality before the law, religious liberty and the free use of their native languages.
2. The States shall agree to introduce in their colonies, protectorates and spheres of influence, liberty of commerce, or at least equal treatment for all nations.
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.