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 1838 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. c) The recognition that every war or threat of war affects directly or indirectly all civilized peoples, and endangers the great principles of liberty and justice which constitute the American ideal and the standard of American international policy (Inter- American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, 1936); d) The system of mutual consultation in order to find means of peaceful cooperation in the event of war or threat of war between American countries (Inter-American Conference for the Mainte- nance of Peace, 1936); e) The recognition that every act susceptible of disturbing the peace of America affects each and every one of the American nations and justifies the initiation of the procedure of consultation (Inter- American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, 1936). f) The adoption of conciliation, unrestricted arbitration, or the application of international justice, in the solution of any difference or dispute between American nations, whatever its nature or origin (Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, 1936); g) The recognition that respect for the personality, sovereignty and independence of each American State constitutes the essence of international order sustained by continental solidarity, which historically has been expressed and sustained by declarations and treaties in force (Eighth International Conference of American States, 1938); ['] h) The affirmation that respect for and the faithful observance of treaties constitute the indispensable rule for the development of peaceful relations between States, and that treaties can only be revised by agreement of the contracting parties (Declaration of American Principles, Eighth International Conference of American States, 1938); i) The proclamation that, in case the peace, security or territorial integrity of any American republic is threatened by acts of any nature that may impair them, they proclaim their common concern and their determination to make effective their solidarity, coordi- nating their respective sovereign wills by means of the procedure of consultation, using the measures which in each case the circum- stances may make advisable (Declaration of Lima, Eighth Inter- national Conference of American States, 1938); j) The declaration that any attempt on the part of a non- American state against the integrity or inviolability of the terri- tory, the sovereignty or the political independence of an American State shall be considered as an act of aggression against all the American States (Declaration XV of the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Habana, 1940); 2] The furtherance of these principles, which the American States have constantly practised in order to assure peace and solidarity I [Report of the Delegation of the United States of America to the Eighth Interna- tional Conference of American States, Lima, Peru, December 9-S7, 1988, Depart- ment of State publication 1624, Conference Series 50.] ' [Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, Habana, July 21-0, 1940, Department of State publication 1575, Conference Series 48, p. 71 .]

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