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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Antigua and Barbuda .   12/03/81       12/03/81       12/03/81 RA     /  /     
Argentina ...........   02/27/67 D  1  07/10/67       07/21/67 RA     /  /     
Bahamas (Commonwealth   03/03/82       03/01/82       03/03/82 RA     /  /     
Barbados ............   03/16/70       03/16/70       03/16/70 RA     /  /     
Bolivia .............   02/27/67       02/20/70       02/27/70 RA     /  /     
Brazil ..............   02/27/67       04/03/68       12/11/68 RA     /  /     
Chile ...............   02/27/67       04/12/71       04/15/71 RA     /  /     
Colombia ............   02/27/67       12/27/69       02/27/70 RA     /  /     
Costa Rica ..........   02/27/67       04/30/68       06/05/68 RA     /  /     
Dominica (Commonwealth  05/22/79       05/22/79       05/22/79 RA     /  /     
Dominican Republic ..   02/27/67       10/31/67       07/26/68 RA     /  /     
Ecuador .............   02/27/67 D  2  08/20/70 D  a  09/30/70 RA     /  /     
El Salvador .........   02/27/67       06/18/68       07/11/68 RA     /  /     
Grenada .............   03/08/82    4  05/13/75       05/13/75 RA     /  /     
Guatemala ...........   02/27/67       12/18/67       01/26/68 RA     /  /     
Haiti ...............   02/27/67       03/26/70       06/19/70 RA     /  /     
Honduras ............   02/27/67       02/17/70       02/27/70 RA     /  /     
Jamaica .............   02/27/70       02/16/70       02/27/70 RA     /  /     
Mexico ..............   02/27/67       03/14/68       04/22/68 RA     /  /     
Nicaragua ...........   02/27/67       07/27/68       09/23/68 RA     /  /     
Panama ..............   02/27/67 D  3  01/29/69       04/29/69 RA     /  /     
Paraguay ............   02/27/67       12/19/67       01/23/68 RA     /  /     
Peru ................   02/27/67       01/09/70       02/27/70 RA     /  /     
Saint Lucia .........   05/22/79       05/22/79       05/22/79 RA     /  /     
Saint Vincent and the   12/03/81       12/03/81       12/03/81 RA     /  /     
St. Kitts and Nevis .   03/12/84       03/12/84       03/12/84 RA     /  /     
Suriname ............   02/22/77       06/01/77       06/08/77 RA     /  /     
Trinidad and Tobago .   05/20/68       05/20/68       05/20/68 RA     /  /     
United States .......   02/27/67       04/23/68       04/26/68 RA     /  /     
Uruguay .............   02/27/67       04/04/74       04/16/74 RA     /  /     
Venezuela ...........   02/27/67       09/26/68       10/10/68 RA     /  /     
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REF = REFERENCE                                      INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
       D = DECLARATION                                      RA = RATIFICATION
       R = RESERVATION                                      AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA  = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY               AD = ACCESSION
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
               B-31. PROTOCOL OF AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE              
                        ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES                       
                          "PROTOCOL OF BUENOS AIRES"                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
1.   Argentina:                                                               
                                                                              
     (Declaration made at the time of signature)                              
                                                                              
     On signing the present Protocol, the Argentine Republic                  
reiterates its firm conviction that the amendments introduced                 
in the Charter of the OAS do not duly cover the requirements of               
the Organization, inasmuch as its basic instrument should                     
contain, in addition to the organic, economic, social, and                    
cultural standards, the essential provisions that would make                  
the security system of the Hemisphere effective.                              
                                                                              
2.   Ecuador:                                                                 
                                                                              
     (Declaration made at the time of signature)                              
                                                                              
     The Delegation of Ecuador, drawing its inspiration from                  
the devotion of the people and the Government of Ecuador to                   
peace and law, states for the record that the provisions                      
approved with respect to peaceful settlement of disputes do not               
carry out the purpose of Resolution XIII of the Second Special                
Inter-American Conference, and that the Permanent Council has                 
not been given sufficient powers to aid the Member States                     
effectively in the peaceful settlement of their disputes.                     
                                                                              
     The Delegation of Ecuador signs this Protocol of Amendment               
to the Charter of the Organization of American States in the                  
understanding that none of its provisions in any way limits the               
right of the Member States to take their disputes, whatever                   
their nature and the subject they deal with, to the                           
Organization, so that it may assist the parties and recommend                 
the suitable procedures for peaceful settlement thereof.                      
                                                                              
3.   Panama:                                                                  
                                                                              
     (Declaration made at the time of signature)                              
                                                                              
     The Delegation of Panama, upon signing the Protocol of                   
Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American                      
States, states that it does so in the understanding that none                 
of its provisions limits or in any way impedes the right of                   
Panama to bring before the Organization any conflict or dispute               
that may have arisen with another Member State to which a just                
solution has  not been given  within a reasonable  period after               
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applying, without positive results, any of the procedures for                 
peaceful settlement set forth in Article 21 of the present                    
Charter.                                                                      
                                                                              
4.   Grenada:                                                                 
                                                                              
     For technical reasons unrelated to the substance of the                  
matter, when Grenada signed the Charter of the OAS, its                       
signature did not appear on the Protocol.  This omission was                  
remedied by the second signature on March 8, 1982.                            
                                                                              
a.   Ecuador:                                                                 
                                                                              
     (Declaration made at the time of ratification)                           
                                                                              
     I have the honor to advise Your Excellency that the                      
Government of Ecuador has ratified the Protocol of Buenos Aires               
by means of Decree No. 252 of August 17, 1970, without                        
reservation, but putting on the record the following                          
Declaration:  In ratifying the Protocol of Amendment to the                   
Charter of the OAS, the Government of Ecuador declares that it                
is not satisfied with the provisions approved on the peaceful                 
settlement of disputes, which do not respond to the intent of                 
Resolution XIII of the Second Special Inter-American                          
Conference, as the Permanent Council has not been assigned the                
necessary powers to give the Member States effective aid in the               
peaceful settlement of their disputes.  The Government of                     
Ecuador formally states that it ratifies this Protocol of                     
Amendment to the Charter of the OAS in the understanding that                 
none of its provisions in any way limits the rights of the                    
Member States to bring their disputes, of whatever kind and on                
whatever matter, before the regional body so that it may                      
recommend to them the appropriate procedures for the peaceful                 
solution of those disputes, or the right to air them directly                 
before the world organization for appropriate application of                  
the relevant rules established in the United Nations Charter.