1. Bolivia:
(Declaration made at the time of
ratification)
THE HONORABLE NATIONAL
CONGRESS
Resolves:
That the Executive Power, at the time of depositing in the Pan
American Union the ratification of the Charter of the Organization of
American States, signed in Bogotá on April 30, 1948, should make the
following
declaration:
The Government of Bolivia maintains, in agreement with the context of
the Bogotá Charter, that "the respect for and the faithful observance of
treaties" which is upheld in Articles 5 and 14 as a standard of
international relations, does not exclude the revision of those articles
by the peaceful procedures which are referred to in Articles 21, 22, and
23 of that Charter, when they affect the fundamental rights of States.
2. United States:
(Reservation made at the time of
ratification)
That the Senate give its advice and consent to ratification of the
Charter with the reservation that none of its provisions shall be
considered as enlarging the powers of the Federal Government of the
United States or limiting the powers of the several states of the
Federal Union with respect to any matters recognized under the
Constitution as being within the reserved powers of the several states.
3. Guatemala:
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
None of the stipulations of the present Charter of the Organization of
American States may be considered as an impediment to Guatemala's
assertion of its rights over the territory of Belize by such means as at
anytime it may deem advisable.*
4. Peru:
(Reservation made at the time of
ratification)
With the reservation that the principles of inter-American solidarity
and cooperation and essentially those set forth in the preamble and
declarations of the Act of Chapultepec constitute standards for the
mutual relations between the American States and juridical bases of the
Inter-American system.
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*/ With respect to this reservation, the General
Secretariat consulted the signatory governments, in accordance with the
procedure established by paragraph 2 of Resolution XXIX of the Eighth
International Conference of American States, to ascertain whether they
found it acceptable or not. At the request of the Government of
Guatemala, this consultation was accompanied by a formal declaration of
that Government to the effect that its reservation did not imply any
alteration in the Charter of the Organization of American States, and
that Guatemala is ready to act at all times within the bounds of
international agreements to which it is a party. In view of this
declaration, the States that
previously did not find the reservation acceptable expressed their
acceptance.
