Treaty Series No. 754
Convention between the United States of America and Other American Republics, Signed at Santiago, May 3, 192329
Their Excellencies the Presidents of Venezuela, Panama, United States of America, Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Brazil, Salvador, Colombia, Cuba, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Argentine Republic, and Hayti:
Being desirous that their respective countries may be represented at the Fifth International Conference of American States, have sent thereto the following Delegates, duly authorized to approve the recommendations, resolutions, conventions and treaties which they might deem advantageous to the interests of America.
Venezuela: Pedro César Dominici, César Zumeta, José Austria;
Panamá: Narciso Garay, José E. Lefevre;
United States of America: Henry P. Fletcher, Frank B. Kellogg, Atlee Pomerene, Willard Saulsbury, George E. Vincent, Frank C. Partridge, William Eric Fowler, Leo S. Rowe;
Uruguay: J. Antonio Buero, Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga, Eugenio Martínez Thedy;
Ecuador: Rafael M. Arízaga, José Rafael Bustamante, Alberto Muñoz Vernaza;
Chile: Agustín Edwards, Manuel Rivas Vicuña, Carlos Aldunate Solar, Luis Barros Borgoño, Emilio Bello Codesido, Antonio Huneeus, Alcibíades Roldán, Guillermo Subercaseaux, Alejandro del Río;
Guatemala: Eduardo Poirier, Máximo Soto Hall;
Nicaragua: Carlos Cuadra Pasos, Arturo Elizondo;
Costa Rica: Alejandro Alvarado Quirós;
United States of Brazil: Afranio de Mello Franco, Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral, J. de P. Rodríguez Alves, A. de Ipanema Moreira, Helio Lobo;
El Salvador: Cecilio Bustamante;
Colombia: Guillermo Valencia, Laureano Gómez, Carlos Uribe Echeverri;
Cuba: José C. Vidal Caro, Carlos García Vélez, Arístides Agüero, Manuel Márquez Sterling;
Paraguay: Manuel Gondra, Higinio Arbo;
Dominican Republic: Tulio M. Cestero;
Honduras: Benjamín Villaseca Mujica;
[Page 319]Argentine Republic: Manuel Augusto Montes de Oca, Fernando Saguier, Manuel E. Malbrín;
Hayti: Arthur Rameau.
Who, after having presented their credentials and the same having been found in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention:
Article I
The High Contracting Parties agree to employ the Brussels nomenclature of 1913 in their statistics of international commerce, either exclusively or as a supplement to other systems.
Article II
Any controversy which may arise between the High Contracting Parties regarding the interpretation or operation of this Convention shall be settled by arbitration.
Article III
The American States not represented at the Fifth International Conference may adhere to this Convention by communicating their decision in due form to the Government of the Republic of Chile.
Article IV
The deposit of ratifications shall be made in the city of Santiago, Chile. The Chilean Government shall communicate such ratifications to the other Signatory States. This communication shall have the effect of an exchange of ratifications.
Article V
This Convention shall become effective for each Signatory State on the date of the ratification thereof by such State. It shall remain in force without limitation of time, but each Signatory State, upon notification of its intention to the Government of the Republic of Chile, may withdraw from said Convention upon the expiration of the period of one year counting from the date of the notification of such intention.
In Witness whereof, the Delegates sign this Convention in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French and affix the seal of the Fifth International Conference of American States, in the city of Santiago, Chile, on the 3rd day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty three.
This Convention shall be filed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile, in order that certified copies may be made [Page 320] and forwarded through appropriate diplomatic channels to each of the Signatory States.
(Signed) for Venezuela: Pedro César Dominici, César Zumeta, José Austria; for Panama: Narciso Garay, J. E. Lefevre; for the United States of America: Henry P. Fletcher, Frank B. Kellogg, Atlee Pomerene, Willard Saulsbury, George E. Vincent, Frank C. Partridge, William Eric Fowler, Leo S. Rowe; for Uruguay: J. Antonio Buero, Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga, Eugenio Martínez Thedy; for Ecuador: Rafael M. Arízaga, José Rafael Bustamante, Alberto Muñoz Vernaza; for Chile: Agustín Edwards, Manuel Rivas Vicuña, Carlos Aldunate Solar, Luis Barros Borgoño, Emilio Bello Codesido, Antonio Huneeus, Alcibíades Roldán, Guillermo Subercaseaux, Alejandro del Río; for Guatemala: Eduardo Poirier, Máximo Soto Hall; for Nicaragua: Carlos Cuadra Pasos, Arturo Elizondo; for Costa Rica: Alejandro Alvarado Quirós; for the United States of Brazil: Afranio de Mello Franco, Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral, J. de P. Rodríguez Alves, A. de Ipanema Moreira, Helio Lobo; for El Salvador: Cecilio Bustamante; for Colombia: Guillermo Valencia, Laureano Gómez, Carlos Uribe Echeverri; for Cuba: José C. Vidal Caro, Carlos García Vélez, Arístides Agüero, Manuel Márquez Sterling; for Paraguay: Manuel Gondra, Higinio Arbo; for the Dominican Republic: Tulio M. Cestero; for Honduras: Benjamín Villaseca Mujica; for the Argentine Republic: Manuel A. Montes de Oca, Fernando Saguier, Manuel E. Malbrán; and for Hayti: Arthur Rameau.
- Ratification advised by the Senate, Feb. 18, 1924; ratified by the President, Apr. 21, 1924; ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of Chile, May 30, 1924; proclaimed by the President, Jan. 12, 1927.↩