for the implementation of those two Points through an amend-~
ment to the Compact (infra,
proposals,
be

Section III).

The implementation

as well as the Four Points in general,

submitted for the

must still

consideration of the Marshall

Islands

Government.

II.

The Validity and Legal Effects of Points One and Two

Under International Law
1.

There is nothing in international law which

would prevent the Governments of the Marshall Islands and the

United States from undertaking the obligaticns set forth in
Points

One

and Two.

In other words,

if Points One and Two

are embodied in certain provisions of the Compact,

there is no

norm of international law which would render such provisions
invalid solely by reason of their content.

Indeed,

treaties

containing obligations similar to those envisioned in Points
One

and Two

example,

are common in international

the Agreement Between the U.S.S.R.

Concerning the Aaland Islands,

l/

1/
relations.~—

For

and Finland

signed at Moscow on October 1l,

Treaty previsions analogous to Point One are those which

provide for the demilitarization of a certain territory, or prohibit the building of fortifications.
See, e.g., Article 42 of
the Treaty of Versailles, done on June 28, 1919, U.S. Treaty,
vol. III, p. 3351; Agreement Between the U.S.S.R. and Finland
Concerning the Aaland Islands, signed at Moscow on October Il,
1940, Article 1, 67 U.N.T.S., No. 872, pp. 140-151.
Treaty

provisions similar to Point Two can be found in treaties of
alliance.
See, e.g., Convention Between the United States and

Panama, done on November 18,
T.S. No. 431.

1903,

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