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A-63: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST THE ILLICIT MANUFACTURING OF AND
TRAFFICKING IN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS

        ADOPTED AT: WASHINGTON D.C.                                             

              DATE: 11/14/97

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: TWENTY-FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
                    ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES                             
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  ENTRY INTO FORCE: 07/01/98   IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTICLE XXV OF THE        
                               CONVENTION                                       

        DEPOSITORY: GENERAL SECRETARIAT OAS (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND            
                    RATIFICATIONS)                                              
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GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: A-63

1.- Argentina.- Reservation: entered upon depositing the instrument of ratification.

"The Argentine Republic enters a reservation to Article 1, Definitions, paragraph 3, Firearms, of the Convention inasmuch as it excludes from the definition of firearms the phrase "except old, pre-twentieth century firearms or reproductions of them" at the end of said paragraph.

October 9, 2001.

2.- Uruguay.- On June 2, 2004, Uruguay appointed as single point of contact pursuant to Article XIV of The Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials:

1-a    Servicio Material y Armamento del Ejército Nacional (National Army Material And Arms Department, SMA)
        Director: Colonel Hugo A. Garciacelay
        Address: Avenida de las Instrucciones 1925
        C.P. 12400 Montevideo, Uruguay
        Telephone: (582) 369-1110
        E-mail: sma@ejercito.mil.uy

1-b    Registro Nacional de Armas (R.N.A.) de Servicio de Material y Armamento (National Arms Register of the SMA)
        Head of the R.N.A: Coronel Miguel A. De Cuadro
        Address: Avenida de las Instrucciones 1925
        C.P. 12400 Montevideo, Uruguay
        Telephone/fax: (5982) 355-4153
        E-mail: armassma@ejercito.mil.uy

3.-Ecuador.-Designation of Central Authority (March 1, 2005)

On March 1, 2005, Ecuador appointed the National Authority in charge of the bestowal of arms authorizations or licenses:
Coronel Patricio Ochoa
Director of the Departamento de Control de Armas del Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas
Primera División del Ejército “Shyris”
Address: Avenida Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Barrio San Bartolo, Quito, Ecuador
Telefax: 011 5932 268 5013

4.-Panama.-Designation of Point of Contact

On May 26, 2005, Panama appointed the Dirección Institucional en Asuntos de Seguridad Pública del Ministerio de Gobierno y Justicia as point of contact for the purposes related to the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials.

Director: Dr. Luis Adames
Telephone: 507-212-2152, 507-212-2153
Fax: 507-212-2154
E-mail: ladames@gobiernoyjusticia.gob.pa

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