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 60 STAT.] INTER-AMERICAN-ACT OF CHAPULTEPEC-MAi. 8, 1945 Official English TranslationPreparedby the PanAmerican Union FINAL ACT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PEACE PURSUANT to the invitation extended on January 10, 1945, by the Government of the United Mexican States, the Delegations of the countries enumerated below met in Mexico City on February 21, 1945. The order of precedence was determined by a drawing of lots on February 21, in conformity with Article 5, paragraph (g), of the Regulations of the Conference: VIII RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE AND AMERICAN SOLIDARITY WHEREAS: The peoples of the Americas, animated by a profound love of justice, remain sincerely devoted to the principles of international law; It is their desire that such principles, notwithstanding the present difficult circumstances, prevail with even greater force in future international relations; The inter-American conferences have repeatedly proclaimed cer- tain fundamental principles, but these must be reaffirmed at a time when the juridical bases of the community of nations are being re-established; The new situation in the world makes more imperative than ever the union and solidarity of the American peoples, for the defense of their rights and the maintenance of international peace; The American states have been incorporating in their international law, since 1890, by means of conventions, resolutions and declarations, the following principles: a) The proscription of territorial conquest and the non-recognition of all acquisitions made by force (First International Conference of American States, 1890); b) The condemnation of intervention by one State in the internal or external affairs of another (Seventh International Conference of American States, 1933, [1] and Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, 1936); [2] I [Report of the Delegates of the United States of America to the Seventh Interna- tional Conference of American States, Montevideo, Uruguay, December 3-S6, 1933, Department of State publication 666, Conference Series 19.1 2 [Report of the Delegation of the United States of America to the Inter-American Conferencefor the Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 1-53, 19S6, Department of State publication 1088, Conference Series 33.1 1837

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