Evening star., 1947-08-31
by the Asaeeinted prasa

The English tert OF the inter- Amer
tcrn treaty Of reciprocal assistanc
approved today by the Inter.Aneri
can Con ference for Maintenance o
Continental Peace and Security:
In the name of their peoples, tn
governments represented at tn
Inter-American Conference 70.
Maintenance of Continental Peac
and Security-inspired by desire o
consolidating and Strengthening
their relations of friendship ant
good neighborliness and considering
That Resolution Eight Of thu
- Inter American Conference on prob
lens Of War and Peace which met II
Mexico City-recommended the con
clusion of treaty to prevent ane
repel threats and acts of aggression
against any of the countries ol
America;
That the high contracting parties
reiterate their will to remain united
In the inter- American system con.
sistent with the purposes ano
principles of the United Nations
and reaffrm the existence of ar
agreement which they have con-
cluded concerning those matters re-
lating to the maintenance of inter-
national peace and security which
are appropriate for regional action;
That the high contracting parties
reaffirn their adherence to the prin-
ciples of inter- American solidarity
and cooperation and especially to
those set forth in the preambls and
declarations of the Act of Chapulte-
pee, all of which should be under
stood to be. accepted as standards
of their mutual relations and as the
juridical basis Of the inter -Ameri-
can system;
That the American states pro.
pose in order to improve procedures
for Pacific settlement of their con-
troversies to conclude treaty con-
cerning "the inter-American peace
system" envisaged in resolution 3s
of the inter- American conference or
the problems of war and peace;
That the obligation of mutual as
sistance and common defense of the
American republics is essentially re-
lated to their democratic ideals ano
to their will to cooperate perma-
nently In the fulfillment of the prin-
ciples and purposes of policy Of
peace;
That the American regional COM
munity affirms as manifest truth
that juridicial organization is q
necessary prerequisite of security
and peace, Is founded on justice and
moral order and consequently on
international recognition and pro-
lection of human rights and free
don1s. on indispensable well being of
the people and on effectiveness of
democracy for the international
realization of Justice and security.
War Formally Condemned.
In conformity with the objectives
stated above and in order to assure
peace through adequate means to
provide for effective reciprocal as
sistance to meet armed attacks
against any American state and in
order to deal with threats of aggres-
sior against any of them have re-
solved to conclude the following
treaty:
Article I. The high contracting
parties formally condemn war and
undertake in their international re-
1ations not to resort to the threat
or the Use of force in any manner
inconsistent with the provisions Of
the Charter of the United Nations
or of this treaty.
Article II. AS consequence OF the
principle set forth in the preceding
article, the high contracting parties
undertake to submit every contro-
versy which may arise between them
to methods of peaceful settlement
and to endeavor to settle such con-
troversies among themselves by
means of the procedures In force in
the inter r-American system before
referring them to the General AS
sembly or the Security Council OF
the United Nations.
Artile III. THE high contracting
parties agree that an armed attack
by any state against an American
state shall be considered as an at
tack against all the American states
and, consequently, each one of the
said contracting parties undertakes
to assist in meeting the attack in
the exercise of the inherent right OF
individual or collective self defense
recognized by Article 81 of the Char
ter of the United Nations.
2-On the request of the state or
states directly attacked and until
the decision Of the organ of consul
tation of the inter-American system,
each one of the contracting parties
may determine the immediate meas
ures which it may individually adopt
in fulfillment of the obligation con-
tanned in the preceding paragraph
and in accordance with the princi-
pie OF continental solidarity. The
organ Of consultation shall meet
without delay for the purpose of
examining those measures and
agreeing upon the measures Of a
collective character that should be
adopted.
3-The provisions Of this article
shall be applied in case of any armed
attack which takes place within the
region described In Article w or
within the territory of an American
state. When the attack takes place
outside of said areas the provisions
Of Article VI shall be applied.
4-Measures of self-defense pro-
vided for under the article may be
taken until the Security Council of
the United Nations has taken the
measures necessary to maintain in
ternational peace and security.
Region Is Defined.
Article w. The region to which
this treaty refers is bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at the North Pole:
thence due south to a point "a de-
grees north latitude 10 degrees west
longitude;
Thence by a rhumb line to point
~ degrees 80 minutes north latitude
so degrees west longitude:
Thence by rhumb line to a
point IS degrees north latitude so
degrees west longitude;