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PAN AMERICAN MARITIME NEUTRALITY. FEB . 20,1928. 1989 Pan A.. merican ma:riti1M neutrality oonve-ntion. Signed at B alJana, February ~ 1928- February £0, 1928; ratification advised by the Senate, with reser- vation regarding section 3 of articl.e 1£, Joouary £8, 193£; ratified by the President, with reservation rt'garding section 3 of article 1£, Feb'l"Uary 6, 193f; ratification of ihe United States deposited with the Pan American Union, .Yarch 22, 193£; proclaimed, May £6, 1932. By THE PREsmENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AxEBIOA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a Convention on Maritime Neutrality was adopted in th~eanll6!~OOD~ the English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages by the tion. Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America. (with a reserva- Preamble. tion in respect of Section 3 of Article 12), Peru, Uruguay, Panama, Ecuador, Mexico, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Vene- zuela, Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica, Chile (wIth a reservation), Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Cuba (with a reservation), at the Sixth International Conference of American States which assembled at Habana, Cuba, from January 16 to February 20, 1928, the English text of which convention, as Eucllab &en. contained in the final act signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the said states at the closing session of the said conferenct'l, is word for word as follows: CONVENTION [Marltime Neutrality] The Governments of the Republics represented at the Sixth Inter- ee~~vernments repre- nations! Conference of American States, held in the city of Habana, . Republic of Cuba, in the year 1928; Desiring that, in case war breaks out between two or more states Purposes declared. the other states may, in the service of peace, offer their good offices or mediation to bring the conflict to an end, without such an action being considered as an unfriendly act; Convinced that, in case this aim ~nnot be attained, neutral etates have equal interest in having thp,r rights respected by the bel- ligceren~d;· h 1·· h . ·d· 1 . t· fttes onslenngtatneutraItyISteJuriIca SItuaIon0 sa which do not take part in the hostiijties, and that it creates rights and imposes obligations of impartiality, which should be regulated; Recognizing that international solidarity requires that the liberty of commerce should be always respected, avoiding as far as possible unnecessary burdens for the neutrals; It being convenient, that as long as this object is not reached, to reduce those burdens as much as J?ossible; and In the hope that it will be pOSSible to regulate the matter so that all interests concerned may have every desired guaranty; Have resolved to formulate a convention to that effect and have PlenipotentJarlee. appointed the following plenipotentiaries: Peru: Jesus Meiquiades Salazar, Victor Maurtua, Enrique Castro Oyanguren, Luis Ernesto Denegri.