RIVER PLATE PROTOCOL OF JANUARY, 1964 SIGNED BY ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY

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• Publication Date: January 18, 1964
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"River Plate Protocol of January, 1964" Signed by Argentina
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C IT The Foreign Ministers of Argentina and Uruguay, on January 14,
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NSA 1964, signed a new accord entitled "River Plate Protocol of January 1964"
? and providing for a complete survey of the waters of the River Plate to be
undertaken with the collaboration of both Governments. The Protocol re-
affirms the Protocol of January 4, 1910 and the Joint Declaration of January
30, 1961 on the .same general subject. Aside from agreeing on the survey
project, the Protocol reasserts the exclusive sovereignty of Argentina and
Uruguay, as riparian states, over the waters of the River Plate out to its
130-mile-wide opening into the Atlantic Ocean.
Transmitted herewith, as Enclosure No. 1 is an Embassy translation
of the Protocol text as published in the Buenos Aires daily, La Nacion, of
January 15, 1964.
Five copies of the Spanish language text, clipped from La Nacion,
along with the texts of remarks made on the occasion by the two Foreign
Ministers, are transmitted as Enclosure No. 2.
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RIVER PLATE PROTOCOL OF JANUARY, 1964
Signed at Buenos Aires, Argentina
January 14, 1964
In the City of Buenos Aires, on the fourteenth day of the month of
January, nineteen-hundred and.sixty-four, gathered in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Worship, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Argentina, Miguel Angel ZAVALA ORTIZ, and of The Oriental
Republic of Uruguay, Alejandro ZORILLA de San Martin, motivated by the
coincidences, the historic community of purposes and the bonds of affec-
tion created by the fraternal friendship of the two peoples, which, as their
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inevitable duty, they propose to maintain for their well-being and happiness,
declare:
1. That they reiterate, as is set forth in the Protocol of January 5,
1910, that the navigation and the use of the waters of the River Plate shall
continue without change as hitherto and that any differences which may
arise in this respect shall be overcome and resolved with the same spirit
of cordiality and harmony as have always existed between the two countries.
2. That they reiterate, similarly, the joint declaration of January
30, 1961, that the limit of the River Plate, dividing the waters of that
river from the Atlantic Ocean, is the imaginary, straight line between
Punta Rasa, on Cape San Antonio, in Argentina and Punta del Este, in
Uruguay.
3. That in order to facilitate the navigation and use of the waters,
they recognize the urgent necessity of a complete survey of the River
Plate, for which purpose the Governments of the Republic of Argentina
and of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay agree to extend reciprocal col-
laboration and to keep each other informed of the work plans and of the
verifications which they obtain.
? 4. For the purposes indicated in the preceding paragraph, both
Governments declare their willingness to contribute technically and
financially to the definitive study and execution of the "Plan for the Com-
plete Survey of the River Plate" submitted by the Argentine Government.
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5. The execution of the Plan for the Complete Survey will not alter
the jurisdiction which the riparian countries have been exercising in the
River Plate, the only ones -(jurisdictions) which the two Governments
retagnize over that river.
6. Both Governments, without prejudice to existing national tech-
nical commissions or organizations, shall proceed with the creation of a
? mixed commission, composed of representatives of the two Governments,
to consider ,_questions relating to the "Plan for the Complete Survey of
the River Plate", indicated in paragraph 4 above, whose recommendations,
when appropriate, shall be submitted for the approval of the respective
Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
7. For reference purposes, this document shall be entitled "River
Plate Protocol of January, 1964."
For the Republic of Argentina:
Miguel Angel Zavala Ortiz
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship
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For the Oriental Republic of
Uruguay:
Alejandro Zorilla de
San Martin
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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