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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
Until 20170130, this agreement was coded as not an agreement and not environmental. It was recoded as an MEA on 20170130 because, although titled as a "Declaration," member countries ratified it and, therefore, the IEADB codes this agreement as "Agreement." The text of the preamble also confirms that the agreement, despite being titled "on the Maritime Zone" was focused on environmental protection: Preamble: (Google translation) "Governments have an obligation to guarantee to their peoples the necessary conditions for subsistence and to provide them with the means for their economic development. Consequently, it is their duty to take care of the conservation and protection of their natural resources and regulate the use of them, in order to obtain the best advantages for their respective countries." Entry into force date assumed based on 3rd ratification of 3 original signatories. No specifics re: entry into force are contained in the treaty text
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Declaration On The Maritime Zone
Alternative Treaty Name: 
Declaración De Santiago Sobre Zona Marítima; 0
Possible Sources (additional): 
LEX-FAOC005115;
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1952-08-18
Signature Year: 
1952
Place IEA was signed: 
Santiago
Date IEA entered into force: 
1955-05-06
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Agreement Type Level 3: 
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Preamble
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Preamble: (Google translation) Governments have an obligation to guarantee to their peoples the necessary conditions for subsistence and to provide them with the means for their economic development. Consequently, it is their duty to take care of the conservation and protection of their natural resources and regulate the use of them, in order to obtain the best advantages for their respective countries. It is therefore also their duty to prevent an exploitation of such property, beyond the scope of their jurisdiction, jeopardizing the existence, integrity and conservation of such wealth to the detriment of the peoples who, by their geographical position, possess in their Irreplaceable sources of subsistence and economic resources that are vital to them. In view of the foregoing considerations, the Governments of Chile, Ecuador and Peru, determined to preserve and secure for their respective peoples the natural riches of the areas of the sea that bathes their coasts, formulate the following:
Words used to code as Environmental: 
conservation, protection, natural resources, natural riches of the areas of the sea that bathes their coasts
Lineage
Lineage: 
Permanent Commission South Pacific
Sequence in lineage: 
100.020
Secretariat and auspices
Org Auspices: 
Permanent Commission of the South Pacific (CPPS)
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2016.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Territory