UN General Assembly
1969

continent and was in fact financed internationally. One of its links cannot legitimately be cut to a country’s detriment. Early in this century the American countries planned a Pan American railway, which was later replaced by the Pan American Highway. The construction of the Highway was the subject of a Convention? signed at Buenos Aires on 23 December 1936. 125. Article 1 of the Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic, in force among all the Central American countries, recognizes “that each State has exclusive jurisdiction over the use of its own highways, but agrees to the international use as specified in this Convention”; article 4 lays down that “the Contracting States shall not allow customs measures to be put into effect that will hinder international travel“; and article 7 states that “... Evidence of compliance with the conditions of this Convention shall entitle motor vehicles and motor vehicle operators to circulate on the highways of any of the Contracting States”. 126. Moreover, article XV of the General Treaty of Central American Economic Integration states that ”each