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 TREATIES December 23, 1936 [T. S. No. 927] Convention on the Pan American High- way. Preamble. Texts. Convention on the Pan American Highway, between the United States of America and other American Republics. Signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936; ratificationadrised by the Senate, June 29, 1937; ratified by the President, July 15, 1937; ratification of the United States of America deposited with the Pan American Union at Wash- ington, July 29, 1937; proclaimed, September 16, 1937. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a Convention on the Pan American Highway was signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936, by the respective plenipoten- tiaries 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 CONVENTION ON THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY The Governments represented at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, Purpose. Cognizant of the fact that the primary purpose of the Inter-Ameri- can Conference is the strengthening of the bonds of friendship already existing between the countries of this Continent; Convinced that direct and material contact between the American peoples necessarily would strengthen those bonds, consolidating there- fore the peace of the Continent; Knowing that the general welfare will be greater when there is greater facility for the exchange of the products of said countries; Considering, finally, that one of the most adequate and efficient means for the attainment of the moral and material end aimed at jointly by the American Republics, is the termination of a highway which establishes a permanent communication between their respec- tive territories, Have decided to conclude a convention on that subject and for such Plenipotentiaries. purpose, have appointed the following plenipotentiaries: Argentina: CARLOS SAAVEDRA LAMAS, ROBERTO M. ORTIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL CARCANO, FELIPE A. ESPIL, LEOPOLDO MELO, ISIDORO RUIZ MORENO, DANIEL ANTOKOLETZ, CARLOS BREBBIA, CESAR DfAz CISNEROS. I The texts follow literally the certified copy of the convention furnished by the Argentine Government.-The editor. 152

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