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Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States Signed at Montevideo, 26 Decem ber 1933 Entered into Force, 26 Decem ber 1934 Article 8 reaffirm ed by Protocol, 23 Decem ber 1936 Bolivia alone am ongst the states represented at the Seventh International Conference of Am erican States did not sign the Convention. The United States of Am erica, Peru, and Brazil ratified the Convention with reservations directly attached to the docum ent. CONVENTION ON RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES The Governm ents represented in the Seventh International Conference of Am erican States: W ishing to conclude a Convention on Rights and Duties of States, have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries: Honduras: M iguel PAZ Baraona Augusto C. COELLO Luis BOGRAN United States of Am erica: Cordell HULL Alexander W . W EDDELL J. Reuben CLARK J. Butler W RIGHT Spruille BRADEN M iss Sophonisba P. BRECKINRIDGE El Salvador: Hector David CASTRO Arturo Ram on AVILA J. Cipriano CASTRO Dom inican Republic: Tulio M . CESTERO Haiti: Justin BARAU Francis SALG ADO Antoine PIERRE-PAUL Edm ond M ANG ONES Argentina: Carlos SAAVEDRA Lam as Juan F. CAFFERATA Ram on S. CASTILLO Carlos BREBBIA Isidoro RUIZ M oreno Luis A. PODESTA Costa Raul PREBISCH Daniel ANTOKO LETZ Venezuela: Cesar ZUM ETA Luis CHURTON José Rafael M ONTILLA 1 Uruguay: Alberto M ANE Juan José AM EZAG A José G . ANTUNA Juan Carlos BLANCO Senora Sofia A. V. DE DEM ICHELI M artin R. ECHEGOYEN Luis Alberto DE HERRERA Pedro M ANINI Rios M ateo M ARQ UES Castro Rodolfo M EZZERA Octavio M ORATA Luis M ORQ UIO Teofilo PINEYRO Chain Dardo REG ULES José SERRATO José Pedro VARELA Paraguay: Justo Pastor BENITEZ Geronim o RIART Horacio A. FERNANDEZ Senorita M aria F. GONZALEZ M exico: José M anuel PUIG Casauranc Alfonso REYES Basilio VADILLO Genaro V. VASQ UEZ Rom eo ORTEG A M anuel J. SIERRA Eduardo SUAREZ Panam a: J. D. ARO SEM ENA Eduardo E. HO LG UIN Oscar R. M ULLER M agin PONS Bolivia: Casto ROJAS David ALVESTEG UI Arturo PINTO Escalier Guatem ala: Alfredo SKINNER Klee José GONZALEZ Cam po Carlos SALAZAR M anuel ARROYO Brazil: Afranio DE M ELLO Franco Lucillo A. DA CUNHA Bueno Francisco Luis DA SILVA Cam pos Gilberto AM ADO Carlos CHAG AS Sam uel RIBEIRO 2 Ecuador: Augusto AGUIRRE Aparicio Hum berto ALBO RNOZ Antonio PARRA Carlos PUIG Vilassar Arturo SCARONE Nicaragua: Leonardo ARG UELLO M anuel CO RDERO Reyes Carlos CUADRA Pasos Colom bia: Alfonso LOPEZ Raim undo RIVAS José CAM ACEO Carreno Chile: M iguel CRUCHAG A Tocornal Octavio SENORET Silva Gustavo RIVERA José Ram on G UTIERREZ Felix NIETO DEL RIO Francisco FIG UERO A Sanchez Benjam in CO HEN Peru: Alfredo SO LE Y M URO Felipe BARREDA Laos Luis Fernan CISNERO S Cuba: Angel Alberto GIRAUDY Herm inio PO RTELL Vila Alfredo NOG UEIRA W ho, after having exhibited their Full Powers, which were found to be in good and due order, have agreed upon the following: Article 1 The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: (a) a perm anent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) governm ent; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states. Article 2 The federal state shall constitute a sole person in the eyes of international law. Article 3 3 The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states. Even before recognition the state has the right to defend its integrity and independence, to provide for its conservation and prosperity, and consequently to organize itself as it sees fit, to legislate upon its interests, adm inister its services, and to define the jurisdiction and com petence of its courts. The exercise of these rights has no other lim itation than the exercise of the rights of other states according to international law. Article 4 States are juridically equal, enjoy the sam e rights, and have equal capacity in their exercise. The rights of each one do not depend upon the power which it possesses to assure its exercise, but upon the sim ple fact of its existence as a person under international law. Article 5 The fundam ental rights of states are not susceptible of being affected in any m anner whatsoever. Article 6 The recognition of a state m erely signifies that the state which recognizes it accepts the personality of the other with all the rights and duties determ ined by international law. Recognition is unconditional and irrevocable. Article 7 The recognition of a state m ay be express or tacit. The latter results from any act which im plies the intention of recognizing the new state. Article 8 No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another. Article 9 The jurisdiction of states within the lim its of national territory applies to all the inhabitants. Nationals and foreigners are under the sam e protection of the law and the national authorities and the foreigners m ay not claim rights other or m ore extensive than those of the nationals. Article 10 The prim ary interest of states is the conservation of peace. Differences of any nature which arise between them should be settled by recognized pacific m ethods. 4 Article 11 The contracting states definitely establish as the rule of their conduct the precise obligation not to recognize territorial acquisitions or special advantages which have been obtained by force whether this consists in the em ploym ent of arm s, in threatening diplom atic representations, or in any other effective coercive m easure. The territory of a state is inviolable and m ay not be the object of m ilitary occupation nor of other m easures of force im posed by another state directly or indirectly or for any m otive whatever even tem porarily. Article 12 The present Convention shall not affect obligations previously entered into by the High Contracting Parties by virtue of international agreem ents. Article 13 The present Convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in conform ity with their respective constitutional procedures. The M inister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uruguay shall transm it authentic certified copies to the governm ents for the aforem entioned purpose of ratification. The instrum ent of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan Am erican Union in W ashington, which shall notify the signatory governm ents of said deposit. Such notification shall be considered as an exchange of ratifications. Article 14 The present Convention will enter into force between the High Contracting Parties in the order in which they deposit their respective ratifications. Article 15 The present Convention shall rem ain in force indefinitely but m ay be denounced by m eans of one year's notice given to the Pan Am erican Union, which shall transm it it to the other signatory governm ents. After the expiration of this period the Convention shall cease in its effects as regards the party which denounces but shall rem ain in effect for the rem aining High Contracting Parties. Article 16 The present Convention shall be open for the adherence and accession of the States which are not signatories. The corresponding instrum ents shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan Am erican Union which shall com m unicate them to the other High Contracting Parties. IN W ITNESS W HEREOF, the following Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French and hereunto affix their respective seals in the city of M ontevideo, Republic of Uruguay, this 26th day of Decem ber, 1933. 5 Reservations The Delegation of the United States of Am erica, in signing the Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, does so with the express reservation presented to the Plenary Session of the Conference on Decem ber 22, 1933, which reservation reads as follows: The Delegation of the United States, in voting "yes" on the final vote on this com m ittee recom m endation and proposal, m akes the sam e reservation to the eleven articles of the project or proposal that the United States Delegation m ade to the first ten articles during the final vote in the full Com m ission, which reservation is in words as follows: "The policy and attitude of the United States Governm ent toward every im portant phase of international relationships in this hem isphere could scarcely be m ade m ore clear and definite than they have been m ade by both word and action especially since M arch 4. I [Secretary of State Cordell Hull, chairm an of U.S. delegation] have no disposition therefore to indulge in any repetition or rehearsal of these acts and utterances and shall not do so. Every observing person m ust by this tim e thoroughly understand that under the Roosevelt Adm inistration the United States Governm ent is as m uch opposed as any other governm ent to interference with the freedom , the sovereignty, or other internal affairs or processes of the governm ents of other nations. "In addition to num erous acts and utterances in connection with the carrying out of these doctrines and policies, President Roosevelt, during recent weeks, gave out a public statem ent expressing his disposition to open negotiations with the Cuban Governm ent for the purpose of dealing with the treaty which has existed since1903. I feel safe in undertaking to say that under our support of the general principle of non- intervention as has been suggested, no governm ent need fear any intervention on the part of the United States under the Roosevelt Adm inistration.
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