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 INTER-MIERICAN-COORDINATION, ETC., OF EXISTING TREATIES-DEC. 23,1936 121 Article 6.-Without prejudice to the universal principles of neu- iLoyalty to prin- trality provided for in the case of an international war outside of designated agreements America and without affecting the duties contracted by those American reaffirmed. States members of the League of Nations, the High Contracting Parties reaffirm their loyalty to the principles enunciated in the five agreements referred to in Article 1, and they agree that in the case of an outbreak of hostilities or threat of an outbreak of hostilities between two or more of them, they shall, through consultation, immediately endeavor to adpt in their character as neutrals a common and solIdary attitude, in order to discourage or prevent the spread or prolongation of hostil- ities. With this object, and having in mind the diversity of cases and cir- Arms, etc., e mbargo. cumstances, they may consider the imposition of prohibitions or restrictions on the sale or shipment of arms, munitions and implements of war, loans or other financial help to the states in conflict, in accord- ance with the municipal legislation of the High Contracting Parties, and without detriment to their obligations derived from other trea- ties to which they are or may become parties. Article 7.- Nothing contained in the present Convention shall be Rights andduties of signatories which are understood as affecting the rights and duties of the High Contracting members of League of Parties which are at the same time members of the League of Nations. Nations. Article 8. -The present Convention shall be ratified by the High Ratification. Contracting Parties in accordance with their constitutional procedures. The original convention and the instruments of ratification shall be Deposit of original deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Re- ratification. public, which shall communicate the-ratifications to the other Signa- tory States. It shall come into effect when ratifications have been Effectivedate. deposited by not less than eleven Signatory States. The Convention shall remain in force indefinitely; but it may be Duration. denounced by any of the High Contracting Parties, such denunciation Denunciation. to be effective one year after the date upon which such notification has been given. Notices of denunciation shall be communicated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic which shall transmit copies thereof to the other Signatory States. Denunciation shall not be regarded as valid if the Party making such denunciation shall be actually in a state of war, or shall be engaged in hostilities without fulfilling the provisions established by this Convention. In witness whereof, the Plenipotentiaries above mentioned have signatlres. signed this Treaty in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, and have affixed thereto their respective seals, in tho City of Buenos Aires, Capital of the Argentine Republic, this twenty-third day of Decem- ber, of the year 1936. Reservations: Reservation of the Argentine Delegation: (1.) In no case, under Article VI, can foodstuffs or raw materials destined for the civil populations of belligerent countries be considered as contraband of war, nor shall there exist any duty to prohibit credits for the acquisition of said foodstuffs or raw materials which have the destination indicated. With reference to the embargo on arms, each Nation may reserve freedom of action in. the face of a war of aggression. Reservation of the Delegation of Paraguay: (2.) In no case, under Article VI, can foodstuffs or raw materials destined for the civil populations of belligerent countries be considered as contraband of war, nor shall there exist any duty to prohibit credits for the acquisition of said foodstuffs or raw materials which have the destination indicated. Reservations. Argentine delega- tion. Delegation of Para- guay.

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