The 1923
Pan American Treaty to avoid or prevent conflicts between the American States was signed at the Fifth International Conference of American States in Santiago, Chile, on May 3, 1923. It was signed by the governments of
Argentina,
Brazil,
Chile,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
,
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
,
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,
United States,
Uruguay and
Venezuela. The treaty consisted of ten articles and provided for the establishment of a Pan-American commission of inquiry to investigate all grievances between American states. It obliged all American states to refrain from any mobilization of their armed forces against one another even in the worst case of disagreement in all matters. It was registered in ''League of Nations Treaty Series'' on March 3, 1925.
[''League of Nations Treaty Series'', vol. 33, pp. 26-45.]
Legacy of the treaty
The treaty was a step in a series of international efforts taken to prevent future wars, which culminated at the
Kellogg-Briand Pact.
See also
*
Kellogg–Briand Pact
The Kellogg–Briand Pact or Pact of Paris – officially the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy – is a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to ...
References
External links
Text of the treaty
Treaties of Argentina
Treaties concluded in 1923
Treaties of the First Brazilian Republic
Treaties of Chile
Treaties of Colombia
Treaties of Cuba
Treaties of the Dominican Republic
Treaties of Ecuador
Treaties of Guatemala
Treaties of Honduras
Treaties of Nicaragua
Treaties of Panama
Treaties of the United States
Treaties of Uruguay
Treaties of Venezuela
Treaties entered into force in 1925
{{treaty-stub