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states might wish to see the Continental Assembly dedicated would be seriously opposed under the present circumstances;

The Inter-American Conference has the constitutional mission of preserving and stabilizing inter-American law;

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Preparations are under way for the early holding of a special meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council at which the governments, represented by cabinet ministers, will discuss new plans for economic cooperation, and it may be anticipated that the conclusions reached at that special meeting will affect the part of the agenda approved for the Eleventh Inter-American Conference; None of these considerations is related to situations under the control of the Government of Ecuador, but rather refer to acts completely beyond its will and foresight and in utter disregard of the desire shown by the American states to keep the Pan American engagement in Quito;

Inspired by a deep sense of responsibility, the Presidents of Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela have recently sent messages to the President of Ecuador, expressing their uneasiness and requesting his collaboration to the end that the Eleventh Inter-American Conference not be held, except at a time that offers a better guarantee of its success; and

The President of Ecuador, giving one more proof of his lofty sentiments of fraternity and an exemplary Pan American understanding, has acceded to the suggestion made by the Presidents of Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela,

THE COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

RESOLVES:

1. To cancel May 24 next as the opening date of the Eleventh Inter-American Conference.

2. To hold the Eleventh Inter-American Conference in Quito on a date to be set by the Council of the Organization of American States, in consultation with the Government of Ecuador.

3. To express its gratitude to the Government of Ecuador, and especially to the President of the Republic and his Foreign Minister, for the efforts and preparations they have made in due and timely compliance with the obligations of host country for the Eleventh Inter-American Conference.

[STATUTES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, Approved by the Council of the OAS, November 15, 1961-Post, doc. 152]

43 See post, docs. 145 and 146.

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See American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1959, pp. 323-326.

B. Political and Economic Developments Affecting Central America and the Caribbean Area

REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHIEFS OF MISSION ACCREDITED TO THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA, SAN JOSÉ, OCTOBER 16-18, 1961: Announcement Issued by the Department of State, October 6, 1961 1

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THE CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATION

80. AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATION, Signed at Washington by Representatives of France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, June 21, 1960, Entered Into Force, September 6, 1961 2

THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Having reviewed the work of the Caribbean Commission since the entry into force of the Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission, signed at Washington on October 30, 1946; 3

Recognizing that the Commission has done much to further regional cooperation in many fields, and has rendered valuable services in the Caribbean area;

Having considered the statements by representatives from the area calling for a revision of the Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission in the light of the new constitutional relationships in the Caribbean area;

Having considered that the purposes and functions as set out in the Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission should be the basis of a new organization designed to replace it; Having noted the views expressed at the West Indian Conference convoked in Special Session commencing on July 28, 1959; *

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1 Department of State press release No. 690; the Department of State Bulletin, Oct. 23, 1961, p. 678.

TIAS 4853; 12 UST 1297. The President was authorized to accept this agreement for the United States by Public Law 87-73, approved June 30, 1961 (75 Stat. 194); see Establishment of the Caribbean Organization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, 87th Congress, 1st Session, on House Joint Resolution 384, April 20, 1961; Caribbean Organization: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 87th Congress, 1st Session, on Senate Joint Resolution 75, May 2, 1961; H. Rept. 387, 87th Cong., May 11, 1961; and S. Rept. 440, 87th Cong., June 21, 1961.

Text in A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941–1949, pp. 1039-1045.

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Held July 28-Aug. 7, 1959, at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Having considered the draft Statute prepared by this Conference and transmitted to them by the Caribbean Commission;

Noting that the purposes and functions as set out in this draft Statute accord with those which were the basis of the Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission; and

Noting that nothing in this draft Statute is intended to alter or conflict with the respective constitutional relations between the Governments herein before named and the prospective Members of the Organization respectively;

Hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

1. The Contracting Parties agree upon the establishment of the Caribbean Organization in accordance with the Statute annexed to this Agreement.

2. The Republic of France for the Departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique; the Netherlands Antilles; Surinam; the Bahamas; British Guiana; British Honduras; the British Virgin Islands; The West Indies; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and the Virgin Islands of the United States are eligible to become Members, and are referred to in this Agreement as "prospective Members".

ARTICLE II

No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted as affecting the present or future constitutional status of the prospective Members of the Organization or, where applicable, the present or future constitutional relations of any of the aforesaid prospective Members with the Contracting Parties.

ARTICLE III

On the termination of the Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission, signed at Washington on October 30, 1946, the assets of the Caribbean Commission shall be and are by virtue of this Agreement transferred to and vested in the Caribbean Organization. The Caribbean Organization is hereby authorized to assume at the same time the liabilities of the Caribbean Commission and shall be regarded as the successor body to the Caribbean Commission.

ARTICLE IV

The Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission shall terminate at the end of the first meeting of the Caribbean Council provided for in the Statute annexed to this Agreement.

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ARTICLE V

1. This Agreement shall be subject to approval or acceptance by the signatory Governments. Instruments of approval or acceptance shall

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be deposited with the Government of the United States of America, hereby designated as the depositary Government, which shall notify the other signatory Governments of each such deposit.

2. This Agreement shall enter into force on signature of a joint declaration to that effect by the signatory Governments, following deposit of instruments of approval or acceptance by the signatory Governments, and after the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Commission has received notification, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article IV of the Statute annexed to this Agreement, from not less than six of the prospective Members of the Caribbean Organization.

3. This Agreement shall have indefinite duration. Any Contracting Party may at any time withdraw from the Agreement. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of the receipt by the depositary Government of the formal notification of withdrawal and shall be without prejudice to any liability already vested in the withdrawing Contracting Party by or under this Agreement in respect of the period before the withdrawal takes effect. This Agreement shall continue in force thereafter with respect to the other Contracting Parties.

ARTICLE VI

This Agreement, done in a single original in the English, French, Netherlands, and Spanish languages, each version being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. Duly certified copies thereof will be transmitted by that Government to the other signatory Governments.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Agreement.10

DONE at Washington this twenty-first day of June, 1960.

DESIGNATING THE CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATION AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES: Executive Order No. 10983, December 30, 1961 11

* Sept. 6, 1961; not printed here.

S Instruments deposited as follows: France, Dec. 27, 1960; the United Kingdom, Jan. 12, 1961; the United States, July 12, 1961; and the Netherlands, Aug. 25, 1961. [Footnote in source text.]

Notifications were received by the Secretary-General from the following prospective members on the dates indicated: Virgin Islands (U.S.), Oct. 27, 1959; Surinam, Sept. 14, 1960; British Guiana, Sept. 19, 1960; Netherlands Antilles, Sept. 23, 1960; Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, 1960; French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique, Dec. 30, 1960; The West Indies, Aug. 30, 1961; and the British Virgin Islands, May 31, 1962. [Footnote adapted from source text.]

10 For France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, their Ambassadors at Washington (Alphand, van Roijen, and Caccia); for the United States, the Secretary of State (Herter).

1127 Fed. Reg. 32; the Department of State Bulletin, Jan. 29, 1962, p. 188.

THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, Signed at Managua by Representatives of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, December 13, 1960, Entered Into Force for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, May 8, 1961, and for Nicaragua, May 24, 1961 12

81. GENERAL TREATY ON CENTRAL AMERICAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, Signed at Managua by Representatives of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, December 13, 1960, Entered Into Force, June 3, 1961 13

The Governments of the Republics of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua,

For the purpose of reaffirming their intention to unify the economies of the four countries and jointly to promote the development of Central America in order to improve the living conditions of their peoples,

Mindful of the need to expedite the integration of their economies, consolidate the results so far achieved and lay down the principles on which it should be based in the future,

Having regard to the commitments entered into in the following instruments of economic integration:

Multilateral Treaty on Free Trade and Central American Economic Integration; i

Central American Agreement on the Equalization of Import Duties and Charges and its Protocol on the Central American Preferential Tariff; 15

Bilateral treaties on free trade and economic integration signed between Central American Governments;

Treaty on Economic Association signed between Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras,18

Have agreed to conclude the present Treaty and for that purpose have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries:

H. E. The President of the Republic of Guatemala: Mr. Julio Prado García Salas, Minister for Co-ordinating Central American Integration, and Mr. Alberto Fuentes Mohr, Head of the Economic Integration Bureau

The H. Junta de Gobierno of the Republic of El Salvador: Mr. Gabriel Piloña Araujo, Minister for Economic Affairs, and Mr. Abelardo Torres, UnderSecretary for Economic Affairs

12 U.N. doc. E/CN.12/552, pp. 50-53. See also American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, pp. 193-194. The agreement was subsequently adhered to by Costa Rica, Sept. 23, 1963.

13 Text as printed in U.N. doc. E/CN.12/552, pp. 13-47.

"Signed at Tegucigalpa, June 10, 1958, by Representatives of Costa Rica. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua ; entered into force June 2, 1959, for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and Sept. 23, 1963, for Costa Rica. Text in U.N. doc. E/CN.12/621, pp. 17–23.

15 Signed at San José, Sept. 1, 1959, by Representatives of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; entered into force, Sept. 27, 1960, for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, Aug. 16, 1962, for Honduras, and Sept. 23, 1963, for Costa Rica. Text ibid., pp. 11-16.

18 Signed at Guatemala City, Feb. 6, 1960; entered into force Apr. 27, 1960. Text in 383 UNTS 4.

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