PROTOCOL OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND FRONTIERS BETWEEN ECUADOR AND PERU.--RIO DE JANEIRO, JANUARY 29, 1942

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• Publication Date: January 29, 1942
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REPUBLIC
differences between citizens
Republic. Titles- of bonour
day confer or may have eon-
r or have rendered eminent.
'sure its peace and wellbeing,
iberty and independence, shall
DNS OF THE CONSTITUTION
not be modified except with
le members of both Chambers.
for modification is declared,
to. which the Executive Power
convening of a Revisory
:a.tion. In the convening law
;rticles.? whose modification is
Ibex's of the Revisory Assembly
f. the people of the Provinees,
the election of deputies.
!I have less than two. repre-
ions are necessary for members
)1- deputies.
of the Assembly shall enjoy
.embers of both Chambers of
deal with the form of govern-
vil, republican, democratic and
:onstitution May be made only -
in, nor may it ever be sus-
.?er or authority, or by: popular
PROVISIONS
ng the duration of the con-
rtion of deputies to the number
:c do not affect the constitu-
hich ends on August 16, 1942.
which the present constitution
:Mall be full and effective as
blished.
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ECUADOR AND PERU 1161
Given and proclaimed in Ciudad Trujillo, District of
Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, the 10th
day of January, 1942. ?
The President of the Revisory Assembly, ?
JULIO ?ORTEGA FRIER,
Representative for the District of Santo
Domingo, .
[Other signatures.]
PROTOCOL of Peace, Friendship and Frontiers between
Ecuador and Peru.?Rio de Janeiro, January 29, 1942
[Ratifications' exchanged at Petropolis, March. 31, 1942]
(Translation)
THE Governments of Peru and Ecuador, desirous of solving
the boundary question ori which they have for long been divided,
and taking into consideration the offer made to them by the
Governments of the. United State's of America, Argentina,
Brazil and Chile of friendly services with a view to a prompt
and hOnourable solution of the problem, and inspired by the
spirit prevailing at the Third Consultative Meeting of Foreign
Ministers of the American Republics, have resolved to con-
clude a Protocol of Peace, Friendship and Frontiers in the
presence of the representatives ?of those four friendly ?govern-
? ments. For this purpose the following Plenipotentiaries:.
[Here follow the names]
Who, haying exhibited the Full Powers of the respective
Parties, ?and having found them in good and due form, agree
in subscribing to the following Protocol:
ART. 1. The Governments of Peru and Ecuador solemnly
? affirm their definite intention to maintain between the two
peoples relations of peace. and friendship, of understanding
and goodwill, and to refrain from any act capable of disturbing
these relations one with the other.
2. The Government of Peru will withdraw, within a .period
of 15 days from the present date, its military forces to. the line
defined in Article 8 of the present Protocol.
3. The United States of America, Argentina, Brazil and
Chile will co-operate, by means of military observers, in arranging matters of withdrawal and the retirement of troops under
? the terms of the preceding Article.
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4. The Military forces of the two countries shall remain
in their new positions until the .final demarcation of the frontier. ?
line. ? Until that time; Ecuador. will have only ciyil jurisdiction .-
over the zones from which Peru was withdrawn, and which
shall remain under the conditions of the demilitarised zone
? set forth in the Act of Talara. .
5. The good offices of the United States, .Argentina, Brazil
and Chile shall continue until the final demarcation of the fron-
tiers between_ Peru and Ecuador, this Protocol and: its execution
remaining under the guaranteeof the four ?countries mentioned
at the beginning of this Article,
6. :Ecuador shall enjoy, for her navigation in: the Amazonas
and its septentrional tributaries; the same concessions As those
?enjoyed.by Brazil. and Colombia plus those agreed in :a. Treaty .
? of Commerce and, Navigation designed to facilitate free naviga-
tion in the said rivers.
7. Any doubt or disagreement .which ? may arise over the.
? execution of this Protocol shall be resolved by the Parties ?with
the assistance of the representativcs of the United States,'Argen-
tina, Brazil and Chile within the, shortest period possible.
8. ? The frontier line shall have the following points:
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A. In the west: .
(1) Mouth of the CapOnes in the Ocean:
(2) River Zarumilla and Balsamal Pass to Lajas ;
(3) River Puyango or Tumbcs to Cazaderos Pass ;
? (4) CazaderoS ;
(5) Pilares Pass and .Alamor Pass up to the River Chira ;
(6) Riva Chira, upper:reaches ;
(7) Rivers Macara, Calvas and Espindola, upper reaches, as
far as the ? source of the last-named in the Nudo de Sabanillas ;
(8) From the Nudo de Sabamillas as far as the River
Canchis ; .?
(9) Entire course of the River Canchis and lower reaches ;
(1.0) River Chinchipe, lower reaches, as far as the point in
which it receives the River San Francisco
B. In the cast:.
(1) From the San Francisco Pass; the clivortium aquarum
between the givers Zamora and Santiago .as far as the?conflu-
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? .(2) ije up to the mouth of the Bobonaza in the Pastaza.
Confluence of Cunamba River and the Pintoyaen in the Tigre
River ; ?
? (3) Mouth of Cononaco in the Curaray, lower reaches as far
as Bellavista:.
(4) A line as far. as the mouth of the Yasuni in the River
Napo. -Along the Napo*, lower reaches, as far as the mouth
of the Aguarico ; ?
(5) From thence,?upper reaches, as far as the confluence of
.the River. Lagartococha or Zancudo and the Aguarico
? (6) River Lagartococha or Zancticio, upper. reaches, as far
as its source and thence a line which goes to. meet the River
. Gilepi ; Mang the Gliepi to, its outlet in the Puturnayo and
along the Putumayo up 'to the boundary of Ecuador and
Colombia.
? 97 It is agreed that the line described 'above shall be
accepted by Peru and Ecuador for fixing, by experts on the
spot, of the frontier between the two countries.. The Parties
ma however, when roceeding. to trace the frontier on the
ot authorise such reci rocal concessions as ma e esira e
to ad'ust the said frontie to eo ra 'cal ealities. Such rectifi-
cations shall be effected with the collaboration of representatives
..of the United States of America, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
? The Governments of Peru and Ecuador shall submit the
present Protocol to their respective Congresses, the requisite
approval- to be obtained within a period no longer than 30 days.
In faith whereof the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries
sign and seal, in duplicate, in the Spanish language', at Rio de
Janeiro, the 29th day of -January, 1942, the present Protocol,
under the auspices of His Excellency the President of Brazil
and in the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of
Argentina, Brazil and, Chile and the Under Secretary of State
.of the United States of America
.ALFREDO SOLF Y .MURO.
J. TOI3AR DONOSO.
E. RUIZ GUINAZU.
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