...advance, that any armed attack affecting our national security will be met immediately by the effective exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective...selfdefense recognized by article 51 of the Charter. The committee is convinced that the horrors of another world war can be avoided with certainty only...

...provision is not aricle 8, it is article 3, which has exactly the same language as article 5. t says : The high contracting parties agree that an armed attack by any state against (American state shall be considered as an attack against all the American states d, consequently, each...

...Secretary ACHESON. Article 3 of the Rio Treaty provides — The high contracting parties agree thut an armed attack by any State against an American State shall be considered an attack against all the American States. And consequently — Kach one of said contracting parties...

...before referring it to the General Assembly or the Security Council of the United Nations. ArtideS. 1. The High Contracting Parties agree that an armed attack...self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. with the principle of continental solidarity. The Organ of Consultation shall meet...

...obligations of the States Parties under Articles 34 and 35 of the Charter of the United Nations. Article 3 1. The High Contracting Parties agree that an armed attack by any State against a State Party shall be considered an attack against all the States Parties and, consequently, each...

...would be "essentially political rather than military." IH The Treaty meets these specifications. The parties "agree that an armed attack by any State against...Parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack. . . .""5 Unlike subsequent mutual-security treaties to which the United States became a party, this...

...the Western Hemisphere against aggression. The essence of the treaty was expressed in the commitment that 'an armed attack by any State against an American...State shall be considered as an attack against all'. Chile was one of the 20 Latin American states that joined the US in signing the Rio Treaty.92 More...

...hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety"; and WHEREAS in the Rio Treaty of 1947 the parties agreed that "an armed attack by any State against an American...against all the American States, and. consequently, pach one of the said contracting parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise...

...regional collective security mechanism for the Western Hemisphere. Article 1 of the Rio Treaty specifies that "an armed attack by any state against an American...State shall be considered as an attack against all of the American States," and each of the signatories undertook to help repel such an assault. Article...

...submit every controversy to methods of peaceful settlement, the Treaty provides in Article 3 that they "agree that an armed attack by any State against an...of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations". It will be noted that...