TREATIES December 23, 1936 [T.S. No. 9251 Inter-American treaty on good offices and mediation. Preamble. Texts. Purpose. Plenipotentlaries. Treaty on good offices and mediation, between the United States of America and other American Republics. Signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936; ratification advised by the Senate, June 29, 1937; ratified by the President, July 15, 1937; ratification of the United States of America deposited with the Pan American Union at Washington, July 29, 1937; proclaimed, September 16, 1937. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS an Inter-American Treaty on Good Offices and Media- tion was signed at Buenos Aires on December 23, 1936, by the respec- tive plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and the twenty other American Republics represented at the Inter-American Con- ference for the Maintenance of Peace, a true copy of which Treaty, in the English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages, is word for word as follows: ' INTER-AMERICAN TREATY ON GOOD OFFICES AND MEDIATION The Governments represented at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace; Considering that, notwithstanding the pacts which have been concluded between them, it is desirable to facilitate, even more, re- course to peaceful methods for the solution of controversies, Have resolved to celebrate a treaty of Good Offices and Mediation between the American Countries, and to this end have named the fol- lowing Plenipotentiaries: Argentina: CARLOS SAAVEDRA LAMAS, ROBERTO M. ORTIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL CARCANO, Jost MARfA CANTILO, FELIPE A. ESPIL, LEOPOLDO MELO, ISIDORO RUIz MORENO. DANIEL ANTOKOLETZ, CARLOS BBEBBIA, CESAR DfAZ CISNEROS. Paraguay: MIGUEL ANGEL SOLER, J. ISIDRO RAMfBEZ. Honduras: ANTONIO BERMBIDEZ M., JULIAN L6PEZ PINEDA. i The texts follow literally the certified copy of the convention furnished by the Argentine Government.-The editor.
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