| Convention on the Rights and Duties of States | |
|---|---|
 Ratifications and signatories of the treaty Parties
Signatories
Other Organization of American States members | |
| Signed | December 26, 1933 |
| Location | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Effective | December 26, 1934 |
| Signatories | 20[1] |
| Parties | 17[1] (as of November 2021) |
| Depositary | Pan American Union |
| Languages | English, French, Spanish and Portuguese |
| Full text | |
 Montevideo Convention at Wikisource | |
The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States is a treaty signed at Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 26, 1933, during the Seventh International Conference of American States. At the conference, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull declared the Good Neighbor Policy, which opposed U.S. armed intervention in inter-American affairs. The convention was signed by 19 states. The acceptance of three of the signatories was subject to minor reservations. Those states were Brazil, Peru and the United States.[2][1]
The convention became operative on December 26, 1934. It was registered in the League of Nations Treaty Series on January 8, 1936.[3]
The conference is notable in U.S. history, since one of the U.S. representatives was Dr. Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, the first U.S. female representative at an international conference.[4]
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