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DECEMBER No. 520

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.- That on 5 July 2013, the Arms Trade Treaty of the United Nations was signed.

II.- That the Instrument referred to in the previous consideration has been approved by Executive Agreement No. 1248/2013 of 8 August 2013, and submitted for consideration by this Legislative Assembly for inclusion in the Salvadoran legal system, in force and positive.

III.- That such an instrument contains no provision contrary to the Constitution, and its ratification is appropriate.

TANTO,

in use of the authority established in Art. 131, ordinal 7th of the Constitution in relation to Art. 168, ordinal 4th of the same, and at the initiative of the President of the Republic through the then Deputy Minister of Development Cooperation, in charge of the office.

RIGHT:

Art. 1.- Ratify the Arms Trade Treaty of the United Nations, which consists of a preamble and 28 articles, signed on 5 June 2013; approved by the Executive Body, through Agreement No. 1248/2013 of 8 August 2013.

Art. 2.- This Decree shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

DADO en EL SALON AZUL DEL PALACIO LEGISLATIVE: San Salvador, at the thirty-one days of October of the year two thousand thirteen.

OTHON SIGFRIDO MORALES, PRESIDENT.

ALBERTO ROMERO RODRIGUEZ, GUILLERMO ANTONIO GALLEGOS NAVARRETE, FIRST VICEPRESIDENT. SECOND VICEPRESIDENT.

JOSE FRANCISCO MERINO LOPEZ, FRANCISCO ROBERTO LORENZANA DURAN, TERCER VICEPRESIDENT. VICEPRESIDENT FOURTH.

ROBERTO JOSE d’AUBUISSON MUNGUIA, QUINTO VICEPRESIDENT.

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LORENA GUADALUPE PEÑA MENDOZA, CARMEN ELENA CALDERON SOL DE ESCALON, FIRST SECRETARIAT. SECOND SECRETARIAT.

SANDRA MARLENE SALGADO GARCIA, JOSE RAFAEL MACHUCA ZELAYA, TERCERA SECRETARIA. SECRETARY FOURTH.

IRMA LOURDES PALACIOS VASQUEZ, MARGARITA ESCOBAR, QUINTA SECRETARIA. SECRETARY SIX.

FRANCISCO JOSE ZABLAH SAFIE, REYNALDO ANTONIO LOPEZ CARDOZA, SEPTIMO SECRETARIO. OCTAVO SECRETARY.

Presidential House: San Salvador, on the nineteenth day of November of the year two thousand thirteen.

PUBLIQUESE,

Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President of the Republic.

Carlos Alfredo Castaneda Magaña, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Integration and Economic Promotion,

Head of the office.

D. O. No. 224 Volume No. 401 Date: November 29, 2013

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