1 This Article follows the pattern established in Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Treaty, and is also based on Rule 1 of the U.N. General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

2 This Article reproduces, word for word, Rule 2 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

3 This Article reproduces, with slight changes, Rule 3 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure, taking into account Article 7, Paragraph 4, of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America.

4 This Article, except for the pertinent changes, is the same as the provisions of Rule 5 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

5 This Article closely follows Rule 6 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure

6 This Article reproduces, word for word, Rule 7 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

* [Reprinted from the English translation provided to International Legal Materials by the U.S. Department of State. The official Spanish text appears as Document OPANAL/8 (September 8, 1969) of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America. The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America appears at 6 International Legal Materials 521 (1967).

[The General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America approved the rules of procedure by Resolution 7(1) of September 8, 1969.

[The footnotes that appear throughout the rules of procedure do not appear in the final text. They appeared in the draft rules (REOPANAL/2 of June 28, 1969). For purposes of information, they have been reprinted above.]

7 This Article takes into account the provisions of Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Treaty.

8 This Article takes into account the provisions contained in Article 16, paragraph 7, of the Treaty.

9 This Article is based on the provisions of Rule 10 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

10 This Article takes into account the provisions of Article 3 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure, and of Rule 12 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure. However, it preserves the term “agenda,” invariably used in the documents of the Preparatory Committee.

11 This Article is based on Rule 13 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure; but account was primarily taken of the provisions of Article 9, paragraphs 2 and 3, and Articles 14 and 15 of the Treaty.

12 This Article is based on the provisions of Rule 16 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

13 This Article is based on the provisions of Rule 15 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

14 This Article follows the pattern of Article 5 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure, and the provisions of Rule 20 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

15 This Article, with slight changes, is the same as the provisions of Rule 21 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure, and follows, in general, the provisions of Article 6 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

16 This Article is the same as the provisions of Rule 22 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

17 This Article is based on Article 7 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

18 This Article reproduces, with slight changes, the provisions of Rule 26 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

19 The first part of this Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions contained in Article 9 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

20 This Article, which establishes a right for those signatories of the Treaty which are not yet Parties thereto, and for those which are Parties to one of the additional Protocols, is based on Article 31 of the United Nations Charter.

21 This Article gives the form of a legal prescription to the custom followed by COPREDAL.

22 This Article combines, as appropriate, the provisions of Article 10 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure and Rule 31 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

23 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Rule 30 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

24 This Article reproduces, word for word, Article 11 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure, which corresponds to Rule 32 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

25 This Article is exactly the same as Article 12 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure and Rule 33 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

26 This Article follows the pattern of Article 13 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

27 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Rule 36 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

28 This Article reproduces the provisions of Rule 34 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

29 This Article takes into account the provisions of Article 9, paragraph 4, of the Treaty and the provisions of Article 16 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

30 This Article is based on Article 38 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

31 This Article took into account the provisions of Rules 41 and 42 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

32 This Article follows the general lines of Rules 45 and 46 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure, and the provisions of Article 18 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

33 This Article reproduces the ideas contained in Article 19 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

34 This Article is based on Rule 50 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

35 This Article reproduces the provisions of Article 20 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

36 This Article reflects the provisions of Article 21 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure. It was not considered appropriate to make reference to the distribution of records, as provided in the COPREDAL Rules, since the provision was, in general terms, included in Article 34 of this draft.

37 This Article reproduces the ideas contained in Rule 58 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 22 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

38 This Article reproduces the provisions of Rule 62 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 23 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

39 This Article reflects the ideas contained both in Article 24 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure and Rule 63 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

40 This Article reproduces the ideas contained in Rule 69 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 25 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

41 The Provisions of this Article reproduce, word for word, those contained in Rule 70 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 26 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

42 This Article follows almost word for word the provisions of Article 27 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure and Rule 72 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

43 This Article reproduces, word for word, Article 28 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

44 This Article reproduces, word for word, the first part of Rule 74 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

45 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Rule 75 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

46 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Article 29 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

47 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Article 30 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

48 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Rule 7B of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

49 This Article follows, with the necessary changes, the provisions of Rule 79 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

50 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Article 33 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

51 This Article reproduces the ideas contained in Rule 81 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

52 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Rule 82 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 34 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

53 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Rule 83 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

54 This Article is the same as the provisions of Rule 84 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 35 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

55 This Article takes basically into account the provisions of Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Treaty.

56 This Article reproduces the provisions of Rule 88 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 37 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

57 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Article 38 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

58 This Article follows, almost word for word, the provisions of Rule 90 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure, and is also the same as the provisions of Article 39 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

59 This Article reproduces, word for word, the provisions of Rule 91 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

60 This Article reproduces the provisions of Rule 92 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure and Article 41 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

61 This Article is the same as the provisions of Rule 93 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

62 This Article is based on the provisions of Rules 95 and 96 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

63 This Article reproduces, in the main, the provisions of Rule 97 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

64 This Article is based on the provisions of Rule 142 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

65 This Article takes into account the provisions of Article 11, paragraph 1, of the Treaty.

66 This Article reproduces the last part of Article 11, paragraph 1, of the Treaty.

67 This Article takes into account the provisions of Article 10, paragraph 1, of the Treaty.

68 This Article reproduces the provisions of Article 10, paragraph 2, of the Treaty

69 This Article is the same as the provision of Rule 141 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

70 This Article reproduces Rule 153 of the above-mentioned Rules of Procedure.

71 This Article reproduces Article 9, paragraph 3, of the Treaty.

72 This Article is based on the provisions contained in Rules 154 and 155 of the General Assembly Rules of Procedure.

73 This Article reproduces the provision contained in Article 44 of the COPREDAL Rules of Procedure.

* [Previous documentation concerning the expropriation of La Brea and Pariñas oilfields appears at 7 International Legal Materials 1201 (1968) (the Arbitration Award of 1922, legislation voiding the Award and nationalizing the oilfields, the I.P.C.-Peru settlement agreement, the contracts for the purchase and sale of natural gas and crude oil, and the expropriation decrees) and at 8 International Legal Materials 264 (1969) (the court decision on the constitutionality of the expropriation decree laws, the decree law on the procedures for the compulsory collection of monies due the Peruvian State, embargo notices, the resolution fixing the I.P.C. debt, and the I.P.C. appeals).]