TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF INTERAMERICAN CONCILIATION1 The high contracting parties of the general convention of interAmerican conciliation of the 5th of January, 1929, convinced of the undeniable advantage of giving a permanent character to the Commissions of Investigation and Conciliation to which Article 2 of said Convention refers, agree to add to the aforementioned Convention the following and additional protocol. ARTICLE 1 Each country signatory to the Treaty signed in Santiago, Chile, the 3rd of May, 1923, shall name, as soon as possible, by means of a bilateral agreement which shall be recorded in a simple exchange of notes with each one of the other signatories of the aforementioned treaty, those members of the various commissions provided for in Article 4 of said Treaty. The commissions so named shall have a permanent character and shall be called Commissions of Investigation and Conciliation. ARTICLE 2 Any of the contracting parties may replace the members which have been designated, whether they be nationals or foreigners; but, at the same time, the substitute shall be named. In case the substitution is not made, the replacement shall not be effective. ARTICLE 3 The commissions organized in fulfillment of Article 3 of the aforementioned treaty of Santiago, Chile, shall be called Permanent Diplomatic Commissions of Investigation and Conciliation. ARTICLE 4 To secure the immediate organization of the Commissions mentioned in the first Article hereof, the high contracting parties engage themselves to notify the Pan American Union at the time of the deposit of the ratification of the present additional Protocol in the 1 See p. 14. Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Chile, the names of the two members whose designation they are empowered to make by Article 4 of the Convention at Santiago, Chile, and said members, so named, shall constitute the members of the Commissions which are to be organized with bilateral character in accordance with this protocol. ARTICLE 5 It shall be left to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union to initiate measures for bringing about the nomination of the fifth member of each Commission of Investigation and Conciliation in accordance with the stipulation established in Article 4 of the Convention at Santiago, Chile. ARTICLE 6 In view of the character which this protocol has as an addition to the Convention of Conciliation of Washington, of January 5, 1929, the provision of Article 16 of said Convention shall be applied thereto. In witness whereof, the Plenipotentiaries hereinafter indicated, have set their hands and their seals to this Additional Protocol in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French, in the city of Montevideo, Republic of Uruguay, this twenty-six day of the month of December in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-three. CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF WOMEN2 The Governments represented in the Seventh International Conference of American States: Wishing to conclude a Convention on the Nationality of Women, have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries: [Here follows the list of Plenipotentiaries] Who, after having exhibited their Full Powers, which were found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following: ARTICLE 1 There will be no distinction based on sex as regards nationality, in their legislation or in their practice. ARTICLE 2 The present convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in conformity with their respective constitutional procedures. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uruguay shall transmit authentic certified copies to the governments for the afore * See p. 14. mentioned purpose of ratification. The instrument of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union in Washington, which shall notify the signatory governments of said deposit. Such notification shall be considered as an exchange of ratifications. ARTICLE 3 The present convention will enter into force between the High Contracting Parties in the order in which they deposit their respective ratifications. ARTICLE 4 The present convention shall remain in force indefinitely but may be denounced by means of one year's notice given to the Pan American Union, which shall transmit it to the other signatory governments. After the expiration of this period the convention shall cease in its effects as regards the party which denounces but shall remain in effect for the remaining High Contracting Parties. ARTICLE 5 The present convention shall be open for the adherence and accession of the States which are not signatories. The corresponding instruments shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union which shall communicate them to the other High Contracting Parties. In witness whereof, the following Plenipotentiaries have signed this convention in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French and hereunto affix their respective seals in the city of Montevideo, Republic of Uruguay, this 26th day of December, 1933. CONVENTION ON NATIONALITY 3 The Governments represented in the Seventh International Conference of American States: Wishing to conclude a Convention on Nationality, have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries: [Here follows the list of Plenipotentiaries] Who, after having exhibited their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following: ARTICLE 1 Naturalization of an individual before the competent authorities of any of the signatory States carries with it the loss of the nationality of origin. 'See p. 14. ARTICLE 2 The State bestowing naturalization shall communicate this fact through diplomatic channels to the State of which the naturalized individual was a national. ARTICLE 3 The provisions of the preceding articles do not revoke or modify the convention on naturalization signed in Rio de Janeiro the 13th of August, 1906. ARTICLE 4 In case of the transfer of a portion of territory on the part of one of the States signatory hereof to another of such states, the inhabitants of such transferred territory must not consider themselves as nationals of the State to which they are transferred unless they expressly opt to change their original nationality. ARTICLE 5 Naturalization confers nationality solely on the naturalized individual and the loss of nationality, whatever shall be the form in which it takes place, affects only the person who has suffered the loss. ARTICLE 6 Neither matrimony nor its dissolution affects the nationality of the husband or wife or of their children. ARTICLE 7 The present Convention shall not affect obligations previously entered into by the High Contracting Parties by virtue of international agreements. ARTICLE 8 The present Convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in conformity with their respective constitutional procedures. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uruguay shall transmit authentic certified copies to the governments for the aforementioned purpose of ratification. The instrument of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union in Washington, which shall notify the signatory governments of said deposit. Such notifications shall be considered as an exchange of ratifications. ARTICLE 9 The present convention will enter into force between the High Contracting Parties in the order in which they deposit their respective ratifications. ARTICLE 10 The present convention shall remain in force indefinitely but may be denounced by means of one year's notice given to the Pan American Union, which shall communicate it to the other signatory governments. After the expiration of this period the convention shall cease in its effects as regards the party which denounces but shall remain in effect for the remaining High Contracting Parties. ARTICLE 11 The present convention shall be open for the adherence and accession of the States which are not signatories. The corresponding instruments shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union which shall communicate them to the other High Contracting Parties. In witness whereof, the following Plenipotentiaries have signed this convention in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French and hereunder affix their respective seals in the city of Montevideo, Republic of Uruguay, this 26th day of December, 1933. |