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 62STAT.] INTER-AMERICAN-RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE-SEPT. 2, 1947 1681 Inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance. Opened for signature at September 2,1947 Rio de Janeiro September 2, 1947; ratification advised by the Senate [T I. A.s. - 138 1 of the United States of America December 8, 1947; ratified by the President of the United States of America December 12, 1947; ratifica- tion of the United States of America deposited with thePanAmerican Union December 30, 1947; proclaimed by the President of the United States of America December 9, 1948; entered into force December S, 1948. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS an inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance was formulated at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security and was signed on September 2, 1947 at Rio de Janeiro by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the Govern- ments of the United States of America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and on October 15, 1948 by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of Nicaragua; WHEREAS the aforesaid treaty, being in the Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English languages, as certified by the Secretary General of the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security, is word for word as follows: TRATADO INTERAMERICANO DE ASSISTENCIA RECfPROCA Em nome de seus Povos, os Governos representados na Con- ferencia Interamericana para a Manutencgo da Paz e da Seguranga no Continente, animados pelo desejo de consolidar e fortalecer suas relaoSes de amizade e boa vizinhanca e, Considerando: Que a ResolugAo VIII da Conferencia Interamericana s6bre Pro- blemas da Guerra e da Paz, reunida na cidade do Mexico, recomendou a celebraq.o de um tratado destinado a prevenir e reprimir as ameagas e os atos de agressao contra qualquer dos pafses da America; Que as Altas Partes Contratantes reiteram sua vontade de per- manecer unidas dentro de um sistema interamericano compativel com os prop6sitos e principios das NagSes Unidas, e reafirmam a existencia do ac6rdo que celebraram s6bre os assuntos relativos a manutengao da paz e da seguranga internacionais, que sejam suscetiveis de agAo regional; Que as Altas Partes Contratantes renovam sua adeslo aos principios de solidariedade e cooperagao interamericanas e especialmente aos principios enunciados nos considerandos e declaragoes do Ato de

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