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 1702 TREATIES [62 STAT. ARTICLE 9 Additional acts In addition to other acts which the Organ of Consultation may characterized as ag- gression. characterize as aggression, the following shall be considered as such: a. Unprovoked armed attack by a State against the territory, the people, or the land, sea or air forces of another State; b. Invasion, by the armed forces of a State, of the territory of an American State, through the trespassing of boundaries demarcated in accordance with a treaty, judicial decision, or arbitral award, or, in the absence of frontiers thus demarcated, invasion affecting a region which is under the effective jurisdiction of another State. ARTICLE 10 None of the provisions of this Treaty shall be construed as impairing the rights and obligations of the High Contracting Parties under the 59 Stat. 1M. Charter of the United Nations. ARTICLE 11 Consultations. The consultations to which this Treaty refers shall be carried out by means of the Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics which have ratified the Treaty, or in the manner or by the organ which in the future may be agreed upon. ARTICLE 12 onsulttion.orgn The Governing Board of the Pan American Union may act pro- visionally as an organ of consultation until the meeting of the Organ of Consultation referred to in the preceding Article takes place. ARTICLE 13 Requests. The consultations shall be initiated at the request addressed to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union by any of the Signatory States which has ratified the Treaty. ARTICLE 14 votin& In the voting referred to in this Treaty only the representatives of the Signatory States which have ratified the Treaty may take part. ARTICLE 15 Organoliason. The Governing Board of the Pan American Union shall act in all matters concerning this Treaty as an organ of liaison among the Signa- tory States which have ratified this Treaty and between these States and the United Nations. ARTICLE 16 Decisions The decisions of the Governing Board of the Pan American Union referred to in Articles 13 and 15 above shall be taken by an absolute majority of the Members entitled to vote. ARTICLE 17 The Organ of Consultation shall take its decisions by a vote of two- thirds of the Signatory States which have ratified the Treaty.

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