B-29(1): PROTOCOL OF AMENDMENT TO THE INTER-AMERICAN TREATY OF RECIPROCAL
ASSISTANCE (RIO TREATY)
ADOPTED AT: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
DATE: 07/26/75
CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: CONFERENCE OF PLENIPOTENTIARIES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN TREATY OF RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE
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ENTRY INTO FORCE: / / WHEN TWO THIRDS OF THE SIGNATORY STATES HAVE
DEPOSITED THEIR INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VIII OF THE PROTOCOL
DEPOSITORY: GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND
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RATIFICATIONS)
TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NOS. 46 AND 61
UN REGISTRATION: / / No. Vol.
OBSERVATIONS: This protocol shall remain open for signature by the states
parties to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal
Assistance.
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-29(1)
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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES SIGNATURE REF RA/AC/AD REF DEPOSIT INST INFORMA REF
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Argentina ........... 07/26/75 / / / / / /
Bolivia ............. 07/26/75 D 1 / / / / / /
Brazil .............. 07/26/75 06/30/77 07/14/77 RA / /
Chile ............... 07/26/75 / / / / / /
Colombia ............ 07/26/75 / / / / / /
Costa Rica .......... 07/26/75 / / 04/08/76 RA / /
Dominican Republic .. 07/26/75 01/06/76 02/18/76 RA / /
Ecuador ............. 07/26/75 / / / / / /
El Salvador ......... 07/26/75 DR 2 / / / / / /
Guatemala ........... 07/26/75 R4 09/11/78 Rb 10/04/78 RA / /
Haiti ............... 07/26/75 03/31/76 04/15/76 RA / /
Honduras ............ 07/26/75 / / / / / /
Mexico .............. 07/26/75 D 5 12/09/76 D c 02/24/77 RA / /
Nicaragua ........... 07/26/75 / / / / / /
Panama .............. 07/26/75 D 6 / / / / / /
Paraguay ............ 07/26/75 R 7 / / / / / /
Peru ................ 07/26/75 R 8 12/26/91 Rd 01/21/92 RA / /
Trinidad and Tobago . 07/26/75 / / / / / /
United States ....... 07/26/75 R 3 04/14/78 R a 09/20/79 RA / /
Uruguay ............. 07/26/75 / / / / / /
Venezuela ........... 07/26/75 9 07/23/19 08/06/19 RA / /
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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-29 (1). PROTOCOL OF AMENDMENT TO THE
INTER-AMERICAN TREATY OF RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE
1. Bolivia:
(Declaration made at the time of signature)
Bolivia signs this Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-
American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance without reservation in the
conviction that this Protocol updates and improves the stipulations
of the original instrument in the light of the changed
circumstances.
2. El Salvador:
(Declaration and reservation made at the time of signature)
The Delegation of El Salvador states its firm conviction that
no provision of this Protocol impairs the principle of hemispheric
solidarity in the face of aggression, whatever its origin may be.
Without prejudice to any other reservations the Government of the
Republic may make in due course, it signs this Protocol with the
reservation that its articles contain no commitment by the Parties
to use compulsory methods or procedures for the settlement of
disputes, which El Salvador cannot accept.
3. United States:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
The United States, in signing this Protocol of Amendment to
the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, accepts no
obligation or commitment to negotiate, sign or ratify a treaty or
convention on the subject of collective economic security.
4. Guatemala:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
On signing this Protocol, Guatemala reiterates the reservation
it made on ratifying the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal
Assistance, which reads: "The present Treaty poses no impediment
whatever to Guatemala's assertion of its rights over the Guatemalan
Territory of Belize by whatever means it
considers most appropriate; a Treaty that may at any time be invoked
by the Republic with respect to the aforesaid territory."
5. Mexico:
(Declarations made at the time of signature)
1. The Delegation of Mexico reiterates its conviction
that, in establishing the boundaries of the security zone as
indicated in Article 4, regions protected by other international
instruments that have been expressly or tacitly approved by the
United Nations should, as far as possible, not have been included.
2. The Delegation of Mexico continues to consider that,
except in case of self-defense, the collective measures to which
Article 8 refers cannot be applied in mandatory form, given their
coercive nature, without authorization by the Security Council of
the United Nations.
6. Panama:
(Declaration made at the time of signature)
Panama signs this Protocol of Amedment to Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance with the reservation that the new
text can only be accepted with the provisions of the Constitution of
Panama with respect to the ratification of treaties; in the
meantime, Panama will not accept any new clause that might be in
contravention of the mandates of the Political Constitution of the
Republic of Panama or the national interest.
7. Paraguay:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
In signing the Protocol of Amendment ad referendum, the
Delegation of Paraguay makes an express reservation concerning
Article 20, on the grounds that it is inappropriate to use different
criteria for applying measures and for removing them; this is
tantamount to requiring different majorities for the two cases. The
Delegation of Paraguay therefore considers that since the decisions
or recommendations of the Organ of Consultation must be adopted by
a two-thirds vote of the States Parties, a two-thirds vote of those
States must also be required to rescind them.
8. Peru:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
In signing the Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American Treaty of
Reciprocal Assistance, Peru makes an express reservation with regard to
Article 3, paragraph 3.
a. United States:
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
With the reservation made at the time of signature.
b. Guatemala:
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
The present Treaty poses no impediment whatever to Guatemala's
assertion of its rights over the Guatemalan territory of Belize by
whatever means it considers most appropriate; a Treaty that may at
any time be invoked by the Republic with respect to the aforesaid
territory.
The Government of Guatemala declares formally that this
reservation does not imply any alteration in the Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, and that Guatemala is ready to act
at all times within the bounds of international agreements to which
it is a party.
c. Mexico:
(Declaration made at the time of ratification)
The Government of Mexico continues to consider that, except in case
of self-defense, the collective measures to which Article 8 refers
cannot be applied in mandatory form, given their coercive nature,
without authorization by the Security Council of the United Nations.
d. Peru:
(Declaration and reservation made at the time of
ratification)
The Government of Peru upon ratifying the present Protocol
raiterated and maintained an express reservation to number 3 of
article 3 of the referred Protocol. The expressed reservation had
already been formulated by the Government of Peru in the signatory
act.
The Goverment of Peru formally declared that it reaffirms its
complete compliance with the principles which the Interamerican
System upholds, in particular those of nonintervention with respect
to treaties and regional
solidarity.
On August 6, 2019, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela deposited the instruments of ratification
to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance and its Protocol of Amendment,
at the OAS headquarters, in Washington, D.C. United States.