B-16: TREATY ON THE PREVENTION OF CONTROVERSIES                                 


        ADOPTED AT: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA                                     

              DATE: 12/23/36

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE      

  ENTRY INTO FORCE: 07/29/37,  IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6 OF THE TREATY       

        DEPOSITORY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ARGENTINA (ORIGINAL          
                    INSTRUMENT); GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (RATIFICATIONS)       

              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 16                                  
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   UN REGISTRATION:   /  /    No.         Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS:     It was superseded by the American Treaty on Pacific     
                    Settlement (Pact of Bogot ), 1948 (A-42).  Unless both      
                    parties to a dispute have ratified the subsequent Treaty,   
                    however, this Treaty would be applicable.                   
                                                                                

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-16               

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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Argentina ...........   12/23/36         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Bolivia .............   12/23/36         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Brazil ..............   12/23/36         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Chile ...............   12/23/36       06/25/38       07/28/38 RA     /  /     
Colombia ............   12/23/36       01/28/38       05/23/38 RA     /  /     
Costa Rica ..........   12/23/36       05/15/39       06/27/39 RA     /  /     
Cuba ................   12/23/36       12/27/37       03/01/38 RA     /  /     
Dominican Republic ..   12/23/36       05/13/37       06/05/37 RA     /  /     
Ecuador .............   12/23/36       06/30/37       10/19/37 RA     /  /     
El Salvador .........   12/23/36       12/14/37       04/01/38 RA     /  /     
Guatemala ...........   12/23/36       06/10/38  R a  08/23/38 RA     /  /     
Haiti ...............   12/23/36       07/13/38       09/10/38 RA     /  /     
Honduras ............   12/23/36       07/02/38       08/03/38 RA     /  /     
Mexico ..............   12/23/36       11/23/37       12/23/37 RA     /  /     
Nicaragua ...........   12/23/36       06/25/37       12/06/38 RA     /  /     
Panama ..............   12/23/36       11/11/38       12/13/38 RA     /  /     
Paraguay ............   12/23/36         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Peru ................   12/23/36  R 1    /  /           /  /          /  /     
United States .......   12/23/36       07/15/37       07/29/37 RA     /  /     
Uruguay .............   12/23/36         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Venezuela ...........   12/23/36         /  /           /  /          /  /     
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REF = REFERENCE                                      INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
       D = DECLARATION                                      RA = RATIFICATION
       R = RESERVATION                                      AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA  = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY               AD = ACCESSION
                                                                              
                                                                              
                B-16. TREATY ON THE PREVENTION OF CONTROVERSIES               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
1.           Peru:                                                            
                                                                              
     (Reservation made at the time of signature)                              
                                                                              
     Peru adheres to the above Treaty with a reservation to                   
Article 1 in the sense that it understands that recourse to the               
bilateral mixed commission is not mandatory but optional.                     
                                                                              
a.           Guatemala:                                                       
                                                                              
             (Reservation made at the time of ratification)                   
                                                                              
     With the reservation, regarding Article 1, that recourse                 
to the bilateral mixed commission is not mandatory but                        
optional.

Text of the Treaty [only in spanish]