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 INTER-AMERICAN-PREVENTION OF CONTROVERSIES-DEC. 23, 1936 Treaty on the prevention of controversies, between the United States of America and other American Republics. Signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936; ratificationadvised 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 Treaty on the Prevention of Controversies was signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936, by the respective plenipo- tentiaries 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 Treaty, in the English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages, is word for word as follows: TREATY ON THE PREVENTION OF CONTROVERSIES The Governments represented at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, In order to adopt, in the interest of the maintenance of international peace so far as may be attainable, a preventive system for the con- sideration of possible causes of future controversies and their settlement by pacific means; and Convinced that whatever assures and facilitates compliance with the treaties in force constitutes an effective guarantee of international peace, Have agreed to conclude a treaty and to this effect have named the following plenipotentiaries: Argentina: CARLOS SAAVEDRA LAMAS, ROBERTO M. ORTIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL CARCANO, JosE MARfA CANTILO, FELIPE A. ESPIL, LEOPOLDO MELO, ISIDORO RUIZ MORENO. DANIEL ANTOKOLETZ, CARLOS BREBBIA, C]SAR DiAZ CISNEROS. Paraguay: MIGUEL ANGEL SOLER, J. ISIDRO RAMfREZ. HIonduras: ANTONIO BERM6DEZ M., JULIXN L6PEZ PINEDA. Costa Rica: MANUEL F. JIMENEZ, CARLOS BRENES. 1 The texts follow literally the certified copy of Argentine Governmcnt.-The editor. 2391S°-;8- -5 December 23, 1936 [T. S. No. 9241 Inter-American treaty on the preven- tion of controversies. Preamble. Texts. Purposes. I'leniptllltiiries. the convention furnished by the 65

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