《蒙特维多国家权利义务公约》为1933年12月26日由美国及中南美国家共19国所签订，因签订地点在第七届美洲国家国际会议的召开地，乌拉圭蒙的特维多，故名。该公约是将主权国家的定义写入国际条约的先例，永久的人口 、固定的领土、有效的政府、与他国交往的能力是构成主权国家的要素。以后联合国有关主权国家的草案、宣言源自该公约的有关内容。

　　蒙特维多国家权利义务公约（Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States）于1933年12月26日在乌拉圭蒙特维多的第七届美洲国家国际会议（International Conference of American States）上签定，在会议中，美国总统罗斯福宣布了所谓的睦邻政策（Good Neighbor Policy），反对美国干预美洲国家事务，试图改变原本因老罗斯福以来实行的外交政策而招致拉美国家所称“洋基帝国主义”（Yankee imperialism）的观感，签定此公约的国家有十九国，后来有三个国家持保留态度（美国、巴西与秘鲁）。这19个国家分别是洪都拉斯、美国、萨尔瓦多、多米尼加、海地、阿根廷、委内瑞拉、乌拉圭、巴拉圭、墨西哥、巴拿马、危地马拉、巴西、厄瓜多尔、尼加拉瓜、哥伦比亚、智利、秘鲁与古巴。

　　Signed at Montevideo, 26 December 1933 Entered into Force, 26 December 1934 Article 8 reaffirmed by Protocol, 23 December 1936

　　Bolivia alone amongst the states represented at the Seventh International Conference of American States did not sign the Convention. The United States of America, Peru, and Brazil ratified the Convention with reservations directly attached to the document.

　　CONVENTION ON RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES

　　The Governments represented in the Seventh International Conference of American States:

　　Wishing to conclude a Convention on Rights and Duties of States, have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries:

　　For Honduras

　　Miguel PAZ Baraona Augusto C. COELLO Luis BOGRAN For the United States of America

　　Cordell HULL Alexander W. WEDDELL J. Reuben CLARK J. Butler WRIGHT Spruille BRADEN Miss Sophonisba P. BRECKINRIDGE For El Salvador

　　Hector David CASTRO Arturo Ramon AVILA J. Cipriano CASTRO For the Dominican Republic

　　Tulio M. CESTERO For Haiti

　　Justin BARAU Francis SALGADO Antoine PIERRE-PAUL Edmond MANGONES For Argentina

　　Carlos SAAVEDRA Lamas Juan F. CAFFERATA Ramon S. CASTILLO Carlos BREBBIA Isidoro RUIZ Moreno Luis A. PODESTA Costa Raul PREBISCH Daniel ANTOKOLETZ For Venezuela

　　Cesar ZUMETA Luis CHURTON José Rafael MONTILLA For Uruguay

　　Alberto MANE Juan José AMEZAGA José G. ANTUNA Juan Carlos BLANCO Senora Sofia A. V. DE DEMICHELI Martin R. ECHEGOYEN Luis Alberto DE HERRERA Pedro MANINI Rios Mateo MARQUES Castro Rodolfo MEZZERA Octavio MORATA Luis MORQUIO Teofilo PINEYRO Chain Dardo REGULES José SERRATO José Pedro VARELA For Paraguay

　　Justo Pastor BENITEZ Geronimo RIART Horacio A. FERNANDEZ Senorita Maria F. GONZALEZ For Mexico

　　José Manuel PUIG Casauranc Alfonso REYES Basilio VADILLO Genaro V. VASQUEZ Romeo ORTEGA Manuel J. SIERRA Eduardo SUAREZ For Panama

　　J. D. AROSEMENA Eduardo E. HOLGUIN Oscar R. MULLER Magin PONS For Bolivia

　　Casto ROJAS David ALVESTEGUI Arturo PINTO Escalier For Guatemala

　　Alfredo SKINNER Klee José GONZALEZ Campo Carlos SALAZAR Manuel ARROYO For Brazil

　　Afranio DE MELLO Franco Lucillo A. DA CUNHA Bueno Francisco Luis DA SILVA Campos Gilberto AMADO Carlos CHAGAS Samuel RIBEIRO For Ecuador

　　Augusto AGUIRRE Aparicio Humberto ALBORNOZ Antonio PARRA Carlos PUIG Vilassar Arturo SCARONE For Nicaragua

　　Leonardo ARGUELLO Manuel CORDERO Reyes Carlos CUADRA Pasos For Colombia

　　Alfonso LOPEZ Raimundo RIVAS José CAMACEO Carreno For Chile

　　Miguel CRUCHAGA Tocornal Octavio SENORET Silva Gustavo RIVERA José Ramon GUTIERREZ Felix NIETO DEL RIO Francisco FIGUEROA Sanchez Benjamin COHEN For Peru

　　Alfredo SOLE Y MURO Felipe BARREDA Laos Luis Fernan CISNEROS And for Cuba

　　Angel Alberto GIRAUDY Herminio PORTELL Vila Alfredo NOGUEIRA

　　Who, after having exhibited their Full Powers, which were found to be in good and due order, have agreed upon the following:

　　The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:

　　(a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states. 

　　The federal state shall constitute a sole person in the eyes of international law.

　　The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states. Even before recognition the state has the right to defend its integrity and independence, to provide for its conservation and prosperity, and consequently to organize itself as it sees fit, to legislate upon its interests, administer its services, and to define the jurisdiction and competence of its courts.

　　The exercise of these rights has no other limitation than the exercise of the rights of other states according to international law.

　　States are juridically equal, enjoy the same rights, and have equal capacity in their exercise. The rights of each one does not depend upon the power which it possesses to assure its exercise, but upon the simple fact of its existence as a person under international law.

　　The fundamental rights of states are not susceptible of being affected in any manner whatsoever.

　　The recognition of a state merely signifies that the state which recognizes it accepts the personality of the other with all the rights and duties determined by international law. Recognition is unconditional and irrevocable.

　　The recognition of a state may be express or tacit. The latter results from any act which implies the intention of recognizing the new state.

　　No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another.

　　The jurisdiction of states within the limits of national territory applies to all the inhabitants.

　　Nationals and foreigners are under the same protection of the law and the national authorities and the foreigners may not claim rights other or more extensive than those of the nationals.

　　The primary interest of states is the conservation of peace. Differences of any nature which arise between them should be settled by recognized pacific methods.

　　The contracting states definitely establish as the rule of their conduct the precise obligation not to recognize territorial acquisitions or special advantages which have been obtained by force whether this consists in the employment of arms, in threatening diplomatic representations, or in any other effective coercive measure. The territory of a state is inviolable and may not be the object of military occupation nor of other measures of force imposed by another state directly or indirectly or for any motive whatever even temporarily.

　　The present Convention shall not affect obligations previously entered into by the High Contracting Parties by virtue of international agreements.

　　The present Convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in conformity with their respective constitutional procedures. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uruguay shall transmit authentic certified copies to the governments for the aforementioned purpose of ratification. The instrument of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union in Washington, which shall notify the signatory governments of said deposit. Such notification shall be considered as an exchange of ratifications.

　　The present Convention will enter into force between the High Contracting Parties in the order in which they deposit their respective ratifications.

　　The present Convention shall remain in force indefinitely but may be denounced by means of one year's notice given to the Pan American Union, which shall transmit it to the other signatory governments. After the expiration of this period the Convention shall cease in its effects as regards the party which denounces but shall remain in effect for the remaining High Contracting Parties.

　　The present Convention shall be open for the adherence and accession of the States which are not signatories. The corresponding instruments shall be deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union which shall communicate them to the other High Contracting Parties.

　　IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the following Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French and hereunto affix their respective seals in the city of Montevideo, Republic of Uruguay, this 26th day of December, 1933.

　　The Delegation of the United States of America, in signing the Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, does so with the express reservation presented to the Plenary Session of the Conference on December 22, 1933, which reservation reads as follows:

　　The Delegation of the United States, in voting "yes" on the final vote on this committee recommendation and proposal, makes the same reservation to the eleven articles of the project or proposal that the United States Delegation made to the first ten articles during the final vote in the full Commission, which reservation is in words as follows:

　　"The policy and attitude of the United States Government toward every important phase of international relationships in this hemisphere could scarcely be made more clear and definite than they have been made by both word and action especially since March 4. I [Secretary of State Cordell Hull, chairman of U.S. delegation] have no disposition therefore to indulge in any repetition or rehearsal of these acts and utterances and shall not do so. Every observing person must by this time thoroughly understand that under the Roosevelt Administration the United States Government is as much opposed as any other government to interference with the freedom, the sovereignty, or other internal affairs or processes of the governments of other nations.

　　"In addition to numerous acts and utterances in connection with the carrying out of these doctrines and policies, President Roosevelt, during recent weeks, gave out a public statement expressing his disposition to open negotiations with the Cuban Government for the purpose of dealing with the treaty which has existed since 1903. I feel safe in undertaking to say that under our support of the general principle of non-intervention as has been suggested, no government need fear any intervention on the part of the United States under the Roosevelt Administration. I think it unfortunate that during the brief period of this Conference there is apparently not time within which to prepare interpretations and definitions of these fundamental terms that are embraced in the report. Such definitions and interpretations would enable every government to proceed in a uniform way without any difference of opinion or of interpretations. I hope that at the earliest possible date such very important work will be done. In the meantime in case of differences of interpretations and also until they (the proposed doctrines and principles) can be worked out and codified for the common use of every government, I desire to say that the United States Government in all of its international associations and relationships and conduct will follow scrupulously the doctrines and policies which it has pursued since March 4 which are embodied in the different addresses of President Roosevelt since that time and in the recent peace address of myself on the 15th day of December before this Conference and in the law of nations as generally recognized and accepted".

　　The delegates of Brazil and Peru recorded the following private vote with regard to article 11:

　　"That we accept the doctrine in principle but that we do not consider it codifiable because there are some countries which have not yet signed the Anti-War Pact of Rio de Janeiro 4 of which this doctrine is a part and therefore it does not yet constitute positive international law suitable for codification".

　　For Honduras

　　Miguel PAZ Baraona Augusto C. COELLO Luis BOGRAN For the United States of America

　　Alexander W. WEDDELL J. Butler WRIGHT For El Salvador

　　Hector David CASTRO Arturo Ramon AVILA For the Dominican Republic

　　Tulio M. CESTERO For Haiti

　　J. BARAU F. SALGADO Edmond MANGONES A. PIERRE-PAUL For Argentina

　　Carlos SAAVEDRA Lamas Juan F. CAFFERATA Ramon S. CASTILLO I. RUIZ Moreno L. A. PODESTA Costa D. ANTOKOLETZ For Venezuela

　　Luis CHURTON J. R. MONTILLA For Uruguay

　　A. MANE José Pedro VARELA Mateo MARQUES Castro Dardo REGULES Sofia Alvarez Vignoli DE DEMICHELI Teofilo PINEYRO Chain Luis A. DE HERRERA Martin R. ECHEGOYEN José G. ANTUNA J. C. BLANCO Pedro MANINI Rios Rodolfo MEZZERA Octavio MORATA Luis MORQUIO José SERRATO For Paraguay

　　Justo Pastor BENITEZ Maria F. GONZALEZ For Mexico

　　B. VADILLO M. J. SIERRA Eduardo SUAREZ For Panama

　　J. D. AROSEMENA Magin PONS Eduardo E. HOLGUIN For Guatemala

　　M. ARROYO For Brazil

　　Lucillo A. DA CUNHA Bueno Gilberto AMADO For Ecuador

　　A. AGUIRRE Aparicio H. ALBORNOZ Antonio PARRA V. C. PUIG V. Arturo SCARONE For Nicaragua

　　Leonardo ARGUELLO M. CORDERO Reyes Carlos CUADRA Pasos For Colombia

　　Alfonso LOPEZ Raimundo RIVAS For Chile

　　Miguel CRUCHAGA J. Ramon GUTIERREZ F. FIGUEROA F. NIETO DEL RIO B. COHEN For Peru

　　Alfredo SOLE Y MURO For Cuba

　　Alberto GIRAUDY Herminio PORTELL Vila Ing. NOGUEIRA