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Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace
Americas-Interamerican
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Act of Chapultepec title

Description Adopted on 6 March 1945 at the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace held in Chapultepec, by Mexico City, Mexico, by the delegates of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Remark

Entered into force 8 March 1945.

Affirmed the equality of all rights for all human beings "whatever their race or their religion" and resolved to undertake joint action in repelling any aggression against an American State. This latter commitment was formalized by the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) and constituted a significant step in the history of Pan-Americanism. (The Charter of the Organization of American States is another significant document in this field.)

Makes reference to the First International Conference of American States, 1890; the Seventh International Conference of American, 1933; the Eighth International Conference of American States, 1938; the Declaration of American Principles and the Declaration of Lima; the Eighth International Conference of American States, 1938; Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, 1936; Declaration XV of the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Havana, 1940.

Sources:

"The Road to San Francisco" (23 March 1992) (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~albertvg/road/road.htm );
E: Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia, Oxford University Press 1998 (http://www.xrefer.com/entry/212589);
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/interam/chapul.htm) (April 2002);

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Acte de Chapultepec title