eral Manuel Avila Camacho, President of Mexico, and to His Excellency Dr. Ezequiel Padilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and President of the Conference, for their outstanding statesmanship; to Señor Don Manuel Tello, Secretary General of the Conference; and to all of the officials, advisers and assistants whose diligent efforts have contributed to the success of this meeting.

ECUADOR:

(Approved at the plenary session of March 8, 1945)

DECLARATIONS

The Delegation of Ecuador considers that paragraph 4 of the "Declaration of Mexico" (Resolution XI), to conform with paragraph 1 of Resolution XXXIX on "Inter-American Peace System" should read:

"The territory of American States is inviolable and also immutable, except when changes are made by peaceful arrangements."

GUATEMALA:

The Delegation of Guatemala, with reference to Resolution XII on "Reaffirmation of the Principles of the Atlantic Charter," maintains in its entirety the reservation of the Delegation of Guatemala at the Third Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, held at Rio de Janeiro in 1942, with respect to the point relating to the self-determination of peoples, in so far as this principle may interfere with the rights of the Republic of Guatemala over the Territory of Belize.

Otherwise, the Delegation of Guatemala endorses the lofty principles of the Atlantic Charter, and requests that the text of this statement be included in the Final Act of the Conference, in order that the enthusiastic acceptance of that important document by Guatemala may not at any time prejudice Guatemala's legitimate rights over the above-mentioned territory.

PERU:

The Delegation of Peru declares its high regard for the contents of the resolution of the "Declaration of the Social Principles of America," but records the fact that compliance on the part of Peru will be subject to Peruvian legislation.

In testimony whereof, the Delegates of the American Republics participating in the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, sign the present Final Act, in the Spanish language, at the City of Mexico on the eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and forty-five.

The original shall be deposited by the General Secretariat in the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, which shall transmit certified copies to the Governments of the American Repub

lics, to the Pan American Union, to the General Secretariat of the League of Nations, to the International Labor Office, to the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and to the Inter-American Union of the Caribbean.

The Pan American Union shall prepare the translations of this Act into the other official languages of the Conference.

(Signatures follow here)

Acts of Inter-American Conferences, Coordination of
Aggression, Crimes of, Against American Republics .

American International Institute for Protection of Child-
hood

American Solidarity and Reciprocal Assistance

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Argentina

Economic Controls in Wartime and Transition Period.
Economic Cooperation in Prosecution of the War.
Education, Institute of

Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense .

VII

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Inter-American Conferences, Coordination of Acts of
Inter-American Defense Board, Continuation of

Inter-American Development Commission, Work of
Inter-American Economic Conference, Preparatory Meas-
ures for

International Law, Incorporation of, into Municipal Legislation

International Organizations, Improvement of Cooperation.
Investment of Capital .

Private Agreements to Restrict Trade (Economic Charter).