1 The Conference was convoked, in accordance with Art. 36 of the Charter of the Organization of American States, 46 A.J.I.L. Supp. 43, 50 (1952), to study the topic of admission of new members to the Organization.

2 The Act of Washington is incorporated in the Final Act of the Conference at 3-5, Doc. 31, Bev. 3, Dec. 18, 1964, OAS Official Records OEA/Ser.E/XII.1. The Act of Washington is also reprinted in 52 Dept. of State Bulletin 48 (1965), together with a statement by Ambassador Bunker(Ibid. at 46). The Final Act, incorporating the Act of Washington, was signed by all of the members of the Organization of American States with the exceptions of Guatemala, which abstained, and Cuba. Guatemala abstained because it considered that “the proper form of resolving the matter of admitting new members is through the signature of an additional protocol enumerating the requirements and limits governing the admission of new members” and that “the rights of the American countries with respect to territorial occupations by extracontinental countries in the Americas have not been fully safeguarded in the resolution adopted.” However, it voted affirmatively on par. 3 of the Act of Washington “with the understanding that this provision would safeguard its territorial rights to Belize.” The statement of Guatemala and statements by Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Argentina explaining their votes were incorporated in the Final Act but are not reproduced here.