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Declaration
of Principles of Inter-American Solidarity And Cooperation, Buenos Aires,
December 21, 1936.
The Governments of the American Republics,
having considered:
That they have a common likeness in their
democratic form of government and their common ideals of peace and justice,
manifested in the several Treaties and Conventions which they have signed for
the purpose of constituting a purely American system tending towards the
preservation of peace, the proscription of war, the harmonious development of
their commerce and of their cultural aspirations in the various fields of
political, economic, social, scientific and artistic activities;
That the existence of continental interests
obliges them to maintain solidarity of principles as the basis of the life of
the relations of each to every other American nation;
That Pan Americanism, as a principle of
American International Law, by which is understood a moral union of all of the
American Republics in defence of their common interests based upon the most
perfect equality and reciprocal respect for their rights of autonomy,
independence and free development, requires the proclamation of principles of
American International Law; and
That it is necessary to consecrate the
principle of American solidarity in all non-continental conflicts, especially
since those limited to the American Continent should find a peaceful solution
by the means established by the Treaties and Conventions now in force or in the
instruments hereafter to be executed,
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DOCUMENTS
THE INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF PEACE
DECLARES:
1. That the American Nations, true to their
republican institutions, proclaim their absolute juridical liberty, their
unqualified respect for their respective sovereignties and the existence of a
common democracy throughout America;
2. That every act susceptible of disturbing
the peace of America affects each and every one of them, and justifies the
initiation of the procedure of consultation provided for in the Convention for
the Maintenance, Preservation and Reestablishment of Peace, signed at this
Conference; and
3. That the following principles are accepted
by the American community of Nations:
(a) Proscription of territorial conquest and
that, in consequence, no acquisition made through violence shall be recognized;
(b) Intervention by one State in the internal or
external affairs of another State is condemned;
(c) Forcible collection of pecuniary
debts is illegal; and
(d) Any difference or dispute between the
American nations, whatever its nature or origin, shall be settled by the
methods of conciliation, or unrestricted arbitration, or through operation of
international justice.