Evening star., 1936-12-07

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on various ways and means Of
preventing conflicts Of any kind,
of avoiding recourse to force or Of
terminating any conflicts, that may
be in progress; and its activities
in this regard shall not be deemed
to be in derogation Of the func-
tions of any other agency charged
with the duty of promoting the
pacific settlement Of international
disputes.
It shall also have the duty Of
exchanging information and views
looking to the correlation Of legis-
lative and administrative action
taken or to be taken pursuant to
the provisions of Articles VI, VII,
VIII and TX Of the present con-
vention.
The committee shall be COM
posed of the Secretary of State
or Minister for Foreign Relations,
as the case may be. of each of the
high contracting parties. These
officials shall ipso facto be consid-
cred members of the committee,
upon the deposit by their govern
ments of their instruments OF rati-
flcation of the present convention.
The duties OF any member Of the
committee may, under exception
circumstances, be discharged by an
alternate designated by the gov
ernment Of which such member Is
q national.
The first meeting Of the COM
mittee shall be held at q time and
place to be agreed upon by the
high contracting parties and shall
take place within six months fol-
lowing the date of the coming into
force Of the present convention.
The initiative in bringing about
the first meeting of the committee
shall be taken by the government
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Subsequent meetings shall be
held at such time and places as
may be agreed upon by the COM
mittee. and may be held inde-
pendently of any particular con-
troversy before the committee.
The committee, during the ses-
sions of its first meeting, shall
determine all matters related to
its organization and manner of
functioning, taking special heed
to establish efficient methods of
procedure-such as arrangements
for consultation by telephone.
telegraph and mail-in order that
the committee may be able to
act at any time without the need
OF holding sessions at which the
members of the said committee
would be required to be present
personally.
Each contracting party shall
bear the expenses OF its own repre-.
sentative at meetings of the com.
mittee; any joint expenses shall
be prorated equally among the
contracting parties participating in
such meetings.
ARTICLE iii.
The high contracting parties fur
ther agree that, in the event of q
dispute between two or more of
them, they will seek to settle it in
spirit of mutual regard for their
respective rights, having recourse
for this purpose to direct diplo-
matte negotiation or to the alter
native procedures of commissions
OF inquiry, commissions of concil-
iation, tribunals of arbitration, and
courts of justice, as provided in the
treaties to which they may be par
ties; and they also agree that,
should the dispute go beyond the
stage Of direct diplomatic negotia-
tions, they will report this fact to
the permanent Inter-American
Consultative Committee, for which
provision is made by this conven-
tion, and the particular procedure
of pacific settlement, if one should
be resorted to, to which they are
having recourse and the progress
which is being made in effecting a
settlement. However, this report
may be made even though the dis
pute is being negotiated through
regular diplomatic channels, di-
rectly between the foreign offices,
If any of the parties considers it
to be desirable and opportune to
do so.
ARTICLE Nv.
The permanent Inter-American
Consultative Committee shall, at
the request of any one of its mem
bers, have the right to take consul
tative action on its own account to
remind the parties to a controversy
of their obligations under the trea-
ties to which they are parties, and
to act as mediator between them,
either by assisting them in their
resort to particular procedure or
by suggesting to them a special
procedure which may appear to
give promise of more prompt and