AND WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on the part of the United States of America and the instrument of ratification was deposited with the Pan American Union at Washington on the 29th day of July, 1937; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] thirty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States. of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT Ratification. Proclamation. December 23, 1936 [T. S. No. 926] Convention between the United States of America and other American Republics for the coordination, extension, and fulfillment of existing treaties. Signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936; ratification advised by the Senate, with a declaration, June 29, 1937; ratified by the President, with the said declaration, July 15, 1937; ratification of the United States of America deposited with the Government of Argentina, August 25, 1937; proclaimed, September 16, 1937. Convention to coor dinate, extend, and of existing treaties between the American States. Preamble. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a Convention to Coordinate, Extend and Assure the assure the fulfillment Fulfillment of the Existing Treaties Between the American States was signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936, by the respective plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and the twenty other American Republics represented at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, a true copy of which Convention in the English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages is word for word as follows:1 Texts. Purpose. Plenipotentiaries. CONVENTION TO COORDINATE, EXTEND AND ASSURE THE FUL- The Governments represented at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, Animated by a desire to promote the maintenance of general peace in their mutual relations; Appreciating the advantages derived and to be derived from the various agreements already entered into condemning war and providing methods for the pacific settlement of international disputes; Recognizing the need for placing the greatest restrictions upon resort to war; and Believing that for this purpose it is desirable to conclude a new convention to coordinate, extend and assure the fulfillment of existing agreements, have appointed plenipotentiaries as follows: Argentina: CARLOS SAAVEDRA LAMAS, ROBERTO M. ORTIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL CÁRCANO, JOSÉ MARÍA CANTILO, FELIPE A. ESPIL, LEOPOLDO MELO, ISIDORO RUIZ MORENO, DANIEL ANTOKOLETZ, CARLOS BREBBIA, CÉSAR DÍAZ CISNEROS, 1 The texts follow literally the certified copy of the convention furnished by the Argentine Government.-The editor. Paraguay: MIGUEL ANgel Soler, J. ISIDRO RAMÍREZ. Honduras: ANTONIO BERMÚDEZ M., JULIÁN LÓPEZ PINEDA, Costa Rica: MANUEL F. JIMÉNEZ, CARLOS BRENES, Venezuela: CARACCIOLO PARRA PÉREZ, GUSTAVO HERRERA, ALBERTO ZEREGA FOMBONA. Peru: CARLOS CONCHA, ALBERTO ULLOA, FELIPE BARREDA LAOS. DIÓMEDES ARIAS SCHREIBER. El Salvador: MANUEL CASTRO RAMÍREZ, MAXIMILIANO PATRICIO Brannon. Mexico: FRANCISCO CASTILLO NÁJERA, ALFONSO REYES, RAMÓN BETETA, JUAN MANUEL ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO. Brazil: JOSÉ CARLOS DE MACEDO Soares, OSWALDO ARANHA, JOSÉ DE PAULA RODRÍGUES ALVES, HELIO LOBO, HILDEBRANDO POMPEU PINTO ACCIOLY, EDMUNDO DA LUZ PINTO, ROBERTO CARNEIRO DE MENDONÇA, ROSALINA COELHO LISBOA DE MILLER, MARÍA LUIZA BITTENCOURT. Uruguay: José ESPALTER, PEDRO MANINI Ríos, EUGENIO MARTÍNEZ THEDY, JUAN ANTONIO BUERO, FELIPE FERREIRO, ANDRÉS F. PUYOL, ABALCÁZAR GARCÍA, José G. ANTUÑA, JULIO CÉSAR CERDEIRAS ALONSO, GERVASIO POSADAS BELGRANO. Guatemala: CARLOS SALAZAR, José A. MEDRANO, Nicaragua: LUIS MANUEL Debayle, Dominican Republic: MAX HENRÍQUEZ UREÑA, TULIO M. CESTERO, Colombia: JORGE SOTO DEL CORRAL, ROBERTO URDANETA ARBELÁEZ, ALBERTO LLERAS CAMARGO, JOSÉ IGNACIO DÍAZ GRANADOS, Panama: HARMODIO ARIAS M., United States of America: ALEXANDER W. WEDDELL, ADOLF A. BERLE, Jr. ALEXANDER F. WHITNEY, CHARLES G. FENWICK, MICHAEL FRANCIS DOYLE, ELISE F. MUSSER. Chile: MIGUEL CRUCHAGA TOCORNAL, LUIS BARROS BORGOÑO, FÉLIX NIETO DEL RÍO, RICARDO MONTANER BELLO. Ecuador: HUMBERTO ALBORNOZ, ANTONIO PONS, JOSÉ GABRIEL NAVARRO, FRANCISCO GUARDERAS, EDUARDO SALAZAR GÓMEZ. Bolivia: ENRIQUE FINOT, DAVID ALVÉSTEGUI, EDUARDO DÍEZ DE MEDINA, ALBERTO OSTRIA GUTIÉRREZ, CARLOS ROMERO, ALBERTO CORTADELLAS, JAVIER PAZ CAMPERO. Haiti: H. PAULEUS SANNON, CAMILLE J. LEÓN, ELIE LESCOT, EDMÉE MANIGAT, PIERRE EUGENE DE LESPINASSE, CLÉMENT MAGLOIRE. Who, after having deposited their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following provisions: Treaty to avoid and prevent conflicts beAmerican States. 44 Stat. 2527. Article 1.-Taking into consideration that, by the Treaty to Avoid and Prevent Conflicts between the American States, signed at San- tween tiago, May 3, 1923, (known as the Gondra Treaty) the High Contracting Parties agree that all controversies which it has been impossible to settle through diplomatic channels or to submit to arbitration in accordance with existing treaties shall be submitted for investigation and report to a Commission of Inquiry; That by the Treaty for the Renunciation of War, signed at Paris on August 28, 1928 (known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, or Pact of Paris) the High Contracting Parties solemnly declare in the names of their respective peoples that they condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies and renounce it as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another; Treaty for the renunciation of war. 46 Stat. 2343. Inter-American conciliation conven 46 Stat. 2209. That by the General Convention of Inter-American Conciliation, signed at Washington, January 5, 1929, the High Contracting Parties tion. agree to submit to the procedure of conciliation all controversies between them, which it may not have been possible to settle through diplomatic channels, and to establish a "Commission of Conciliation" to carry out the obligations assumed in the Convention; That by the General Treaty of Inter-American Arbitration, signed at Washington, January 5, 1929, the High Contracting Parties bind themselves to submit to arbitration, subject to certain exceptions, all differences between them of an international character, which it has not been possible to adjust by diplomacy and which are juridical in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the application of the principles of law, and moreover, to create a procedure of arbitration to be followed; and That by the Treaty of Non-Aggression and Conciliation, signed at Rio de Janeiro October 10, 1933, (known as the Saavedra Lamas Treaty), the High Contracting Parties solemnly declare that they condemn wars of aggression in their mutual relations or in those with other states and that the settlement of disputes or controversies between them shall be effected only by pacific means which have the sanction of international law, and also declare that as between them territorial questions must not be settled by violence, and that they will not recognize any territorial arrangement not obtained by pacific means, nor the validity of the occupation or acquisition of territories brought about by force of arms, and, moreover, in a case of non-compliance with these obligations, the contracting states undertake to adopt, in their character as neutrals, a common and solidary attitude and to exercise the political, juridical or economic means authorized by international law, and to bring the influence of public opinion to bear, without, however, resorting to intervention, either diplomatic or armed, subject nevertheless to the attitude that may be incumbent upon them by virtue of their collective treaties; and, furthermore, undertake to create a procedure of conciliation; Inter-American arbitration treaty. 49 Stat. 3153. Treaty of non-aggression and conciliation. 49 Stat. 3363. |