Tapajoz 1867; July 31: Rio de Janeiro. Law (Imperial Decree). Brazilian Government. Navigation Regulations. GB. BFSP, Vol. 58, 551-567; Hertslet, COM. TR., XIII, 158. TIGRE; or NIGRE; or PEQUENA. See AMAZON; ECUADOREAN WATERWAYS; PERUVIAN WATERWAYS. TOCANTINS 1866; Dec. 7: Rio de Janeiro. Law (Imperial Decree). Brazilian Government. Opening Navigation to the Merchant Vessels of All Nations. GB. BFSP, Vol. 58, 551; Hertslet, COM. TR., ХІІІ, 157. 1867; July 31: Rio de Janeiro. Law (Imperial Decree). Brazilian Government. Navigation Regulations. GB. BFSP, Vol. 58, 551-567; Hertslet, COM. TR., XIII, 158. UCAYALI. See AMAZON; PERUVIAN WATERWAYS. URUGUAY See also: ARGENTINE WATERWAYS; 1828; Aug. 27: Rio de Janeiro. Treaty. Brazil/United Provinces of Rio de la Plata (Buenos Aires, or Argentina). Addit. Article: Reciprocal Freedom of Navigation. Cussy/Hauterive, RTC, I, Part 2, 321; GB. BFSP, Vol. 15, 935; Martens, NRT, VII, 686. 1851; May 24: Montevideo. Declaration. Uruguayan Government. Concerning Navigation of Rio de la Plata & Tributary Rivers. GB. BFSP, Vol. 42, 1315. 1851; Oct. 12: Rio de Janeiro. Treaty. Brazil/Uruguay. Art. 14: Reciprocal Freedom of Navigation. GB. BFSP, Vol. 40, 1141-49. (Commentary: SCHUYLER, Am. Dipl., 320.) (NOTE: (1851; Oct. 12/13: Rio de Janeiro. Treaty. Argentina/Brazil. Agreement to invite Riverain States to Cooperate in establishing Unrestricted Navigation. Schuyler, Am. Dipl., 320.) (NOTE: (1851; Nov. 21: Montevideo. Convention. Brazil, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Uruguay. Concerning Future Establishment of Free Navigation on Rio de la Plata & Tributary Waters. GB. BFSP, Vol. 60, 383.) 1852; July 15: Asuncion. Treaty. Argentina/Paraguay. Art. III: Uruguay Free Navigation accorded to Paraguayan Postal Boats & Escorting Vessels as far as San Borja on the River Uruguay. GB. BFSP, Vol. 42, 1256–57. 1852; Aug. 28: Buenos Aires. Law. Decree of the Argentine Confederation. Granting Free Navigation to Foreign Merchant Vessels. GB. BFSP, Vol. 49, 1261; Hertslet, COM. TR., X, 44. 1852; Oct. 3: Buenos Aires. Law. Proclamation of the Provisional Director in conformity with the Decree of Aug. 28, 1852, declaring Navigation of the River open to Merchant Vessels of All Nations. GB. BFSP, Vol. 42, 1313. (Commentary: MOORE, ILD, I, 640.) 1852; Oct. 18: Buenos Aires. Law. Argentine Confederation. Navigation Regulations. GB. BFSP, Vol. 42, 1314. 1853; July 10: San Jose de Flores. Treaty. Argentina/France. Arts. 1, 2, & 8: Freedom of Navigation granted to Merchant Vessels of All Nations throughout Argentine Dominion. Annuaire des Deux Mondes, (1853/1854), pg. 947; Clercq, RTF, VI, 377; Cussy/Martens, Rec. Man., Ser. 1, VII, 259; GB. BFSP, Vol. 44, 1071; Martens, NRG, Ser. 2, X, 294. 1853; July 10: San Jose de Flores. Treaty. Argentina/Great Britain. Art. I: Confirming Decree of the Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation, Oct. 3, 1852, proclaiming the Navigation of the Uruguay freely open to the Merchant Vessels of All Nations. Cussy/Martens, Rec. Man., Ser. 1, VII, 261; GB. BFSP, Vol. 42, 3; Hertslet, COM. TR., IX, 191. 1853; July 10: San Jose de Flores. Treaty. Argentina/United States. Arts. 1-8: Freedom of Navigation. GB. BFSP, Vol. 42, 718; Malloy, UST, 18-20. (Commentary: See PARANA.) 1853; Oct. 10: Montevideo. Law. Decree of Uruguayan Government. Opening All Inland Waterways freely to the Commercial Navigation of Foreign Vessels. GB. BFSP, Vol. 70, 364; Hertslet, COM. TR., XV, 1097. 1854; June 2: Montevideo. Law. Decree of Uruguayan Government. Regulations governing Participation by Foreign Merchant Vessels in Inland Navigation. Hertslet, COM. TR., Vol. 14, 690. 1856; March 7: Parana. Treaty. Argentina/Brazil. Arts. 14, 16: Reciprocal Freedom of Navigation. Art. 19: Special Regulations applicable during War. Cussy/Martens, Rec. Man., Ser. 1, VII, 476; GB. BFSP, Vol. 46, 1310-1314. 1857; Nov. 20: Treaty. Argentina/Brazil. Mutual Enjoyment of Uruguay Fluvial Navigation. GB. BFSP, Vol. 49, 1306. (Commentary: 1860; Sept. 25: Buenos Aires. Law. Constitution of the Argentine Confederation. Art. 26: Navigation on the rivers in the interior of the nation is free to All Flags, and subject to no other regulations than those proclaimed by national authority." Dodd, Modern Constitutions, (1909), I, 8; Hertslet, COM. TR., XII, 117. 1885; July 17: Vienna. Treaty. Argentina/Norway & Sweden. Art. II: Freedom of Inland Navigation. NORWAY, Treaties, Pg. 87. VALENCIA LAKE 1869; May 14: Caracas. Law. Venezuelan Government. See VENEZUELAN WATERWAYS. 1869; July 1: Caracas. Law. Presidential Proclamation. VENEZUELAN WATERWAYS Notably: MARACAIBO LAKE & TRIBUTARY WATERS; ORINOCO RIVER & AFFLUENTS; VALENCIA LAKE. 1869; May 14: Caracas. Law. Congress of the United States of Venezuela. Art. I: "From the publication of this decree the navigation of the river Orinoco and its affluents, the Lake of Valencia, the Lake of Maracaibo and its tributaries in all the extension of Venezuela, is thrown open to merchant steam vessels under foreign flags that undertake the inland navigation, in conformity with the regulations on the matter; the respective States being subject to the restrictions established by Base Four of the Thirteenth Article of the Constitution, Section I." MOORE, Int. Arbs., II, 1696–97. 1896; July 1: Caracas. Law. Presidential Proclamation in conformity with the Decree of May 14, 1869. Arts. 1-6: Regulating Navigation by Foreign Merchant Vessels upon the National Inland Waterways as designated. MOORE, Int. Arbs., II, 1697–98. VERMEJO; or BERMEJO; or RIO GRANDE. See also ARGENTINE WATERWAYS. 1852; July 15: Asuncion. Treaty. Argentina/Paraguay. Art. V: "The navigation of the Bermejo is perfectly common to the two states." GB. BFSP, Vol. 42, 1256–57. 1853; Jan. 27: La Paz. Law (Presidential Decree). Bolivian Government. Declaring the Navigation Free to the Merchant Vessels of All Nations. GB. BFSP, Vol. 55, 505; Hertslet, COM. TR., XIII, 152-153. Vermejo 1856; July 29: Asuncion. Treaty. Argentina/Paraguay. Art. 17: Specifically Recognized Reciprocal Freedom of Navigation on the Vermejo. GB. BFSP, Vol. 46, 1305. (Commentary: MOORE, Int. Arbs., 4783.) WAUPES; or UAPES. See COLOMBIAN WATERWAYS. YAPURA; or CAQUETA; or JAPURA. See also: AMAZON; COLOMBIAN WATERWAYS; PERUVIAN WATERWAYS. 1908; Apr. 15: Lima. Convention. Brazil/Peru. Arts. 1-3: Mutual Enjoyment of Fluvial Navigation. Art. III: "In navigating both up as well as down the stream of the Yapura, Brazilian and Peruvian vessels shall be under the obligation of calling at the fiscal or military posts which either country possesses or may establish on that river." GB. BFSP, Vol. 102, 912. YAVARI; or HYABARY; or YACARANA; or YAQUITANO. See AMAZON; PERUVIAN WATERWAYS. ABY LAGOON AFRICA 1889; Aug. 10: Paris. Agreement. France/Great Britain. Art. III, sect. 2: Establishing Freedom of Navigation for Vessels of Both Nations. Hertslet, Africa, No. 226, 731; Hertslet, COM. TR., Vol. 18, 420-421. ADDO 1889; Aug. 10: Paris. Agreement. France/Great Britain. Art. IV, sect. 1: Establishing Freedom of Navigation for Vessels of Both Nations. Hertslet, Africa, No. 226, 731; Hertslet, COM. TR., Vol. 18, 420-421. AJARRA; or ADJARRA 1889; Aug. 10: Paris. Agreement. France/Great Britain. Art. IV, sect. 1: Establishing Freedom of Navigation for Vessels of Both Nations. Hertslet, Africa, No. 226, 732; Hertslet, COM. TR., Vol. 18, 421. AKA Aka 1890; July 1: Berlin. Agreement. Germany/Great Britain. Art. IV, sect. 1: Thalweg Boundary. Hertslet, Africa, No. 270, 900, 903; Hertslet, COM. TR., Vol. 18, 459. AKOBO 1902; May 15: Adis Ababa. Treaty. Ethiopia/Great Britain. Art. I: Demarcation of International Boundary in Thalweg. Hertslet, Africa, No. 100, 431. AKWAYAFE; or AKPAKORUM; or AKWAJAFE 1913; Mar. 11: London. Agreement. Germany/Great Britain. Art. 18, sect. 1: Thalweg Boundary. Art. 23: Reciprocal Freedom of Navigation subject to no Differential Treatment whatsoever. Art. 29: Equal Enjoyment of Navigation & Fishing. Great Britain, Treaty Series, (1913), No. 13. ALBERT NYANZA 1885; Feb. 26: Berlin. Final Act of the Congress. Art. II: Recognizing Freedom of Navigation for All Flags. Chap. IV; Arts. 13-25: Act of Navigation for the Congo System. Art. VIII: Right of Surveillance vested in the International Navigation Commission of the Congo, as Instituted by Art. 17 of the General Act. Hertslet, Africa, No. 128, 472, 474-481. 1906; May 9: London. Agreement. Great Britain/Independent State of the Congo. Art. III: Forbidding the Erection of Works on Tributary Waters diminishing Volume of Water entering the Lake. Hertslet, Africa, No. 165, 585. ANEBIR; or ANJIBIR 1913; Mar. 11: London. Agreement. Germany/Great Britain. Sect. I, Art. 12: Thalweg Boundary. Art. 29: Equal Enjoyment of Navigation & Fishing. Great Britain, Treaty Series, (1913), No. 13. ANYALO; or ANUBE 1913; Mar. 11: London. Agreement. Germany/Great Britain. Sect. I, Art. 10: Thalweg Boundary. Art. 29: Equal Enjoyment of Navigation & Fishing GB. Treaty Series, (1913), No. 13. AROANGWA; or LOANGWA. See LOANGWA. |