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The Habana Conference and Inter-American Coöperation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2017

Ellery C. Stowell
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 1941 , pp. 123 - 132
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1941

References

1 The Final Act and Convention are printed in the Department of State Bulletin, Aug. 24, 1940, Vol. III , No. 61, pp. 127,145, corrected in the Bulletin, Aug. 31,1940, Vol. III , No. 62, p. 178; and in the Supplement to this Journal, pp. 1–32.

2 See Department of State Bulletin, July 27, 1940, Vol. III , No. 57, p. 42. An excellent account of the Habana conference is given by Howard J. Trueblood in Foreign Policy Reports, Sept. 15, 1940.

3 Department of State Bulletin, Aug. 3, 1940, Vol. III , No. 58, p. 65.

4 Department of State Bulletin, Aug. 3, 1940, Vol. III , No. 58, p. 67.

5 Department of State Bulletin, Aug. 31, 1940, Vol. III , No. 62, p. 177.

6 The text of this important agreement has been made public by the Pan American Union. It will doubtless be printed in a succeeding number of this Journal after it has been duly ratified.

7 The signatory states are Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the United States of America, and Venezuela.

8 The United States consumes 15 million of the total world consumption of 25 million bags.

9 These quotas are given in Art. I of the agreement: Bags of 60 kilograms net, or equivalent quantities, Brazil, 9,300,000; Colombia, 3,150,000; Costa Rica, 200,000; Cuba, 80,000; Dominican Republic, 120,000; Ecuador, 150,000; El Salvador, 600,000; Guatemala, 535,000; Haiti, 275,000; Honduras, 20,000; Mexico, 475,000; Nicaragua, 195,000; Peru, 25,000; Venezuela, 420,000; total, 15,545,000.

10 See Art. VII.

11 Art. II gives these quotas as follows: Bags of 60 kilograms net, or equivalent quantities, Brazil, 7,813,000; Colombia, 1,079,000; Costa Rica, 242,000; Cuba, 62,000; Dominican Republic, 138,000; Ecuador, 89,000; El Salvador, 527,000; Guatemala, 312,000; Haiti, 327,000; Honduras, 21,000; Mexico, 239,000; Nicaragua, 114,000; Peru, 43,000; Venezuela, 606,000; total, 11,612,000.

12 Art. XV provides that participating governments shall have the following votes in reaching decisions as to what action shall be taken: Brazil, 9; Colombia, 3; Costa Rica, 1; Cuba, 1; Dominican Republic, 1; Ecuador, 1; El Salvador, 1; Guatemala, 1; Haiti, 1; Honduras, 1; Mexico, 1; Nicaragua, 1; Peru, 1; United States of America, 12; Venezuela, 1; total, 36.

13 Art. XXIV.

14 Department of State Bulletin, July 20, 1940, Vol. III, No. 56, p. 34.