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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTDISTRICT OF MARYLAND

Federal Trade Commission,

Plaintiff,

v.

Innovative Marketing, Inc., et al.,

Defendants,

AND

Maurice D' Souza,

Civil No.: RDB 08-CV-3233

Relief Defendant.

DECLARATION OF AVRIL D. HAINES

I, Avril D. Haines, declare and state as follows:

1. I am the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs of the United States Department of

State, Washington, D.C. The Office of Treaty Affairs maintains the records and oversees

the negotiation, conclusion, congressional reporting, and publication of United States

treaties and other international agreements in accordance with the Foreign Affairs

Manual, 11 FAM 750, and relevant Department regulations, 22 C.F.R. Part 181.

2. My responsibilities as head of the Department's Office of Treaty Affairs require that I

be familiar with the practice of the United States in matters concerning the making,


interpretation, and application of treaties and other international agreements. My

responsibilities also include maintaining the official treaty records of the United States.

3. I certify that the document annexed hereto as Attachment A is a true and accurate

copy of a communication dated September 29, 1982, to the Secretary-General of the

United Nations from the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize

concerning treaty succession, a copy of which was forwarded to the United States by the

United Nations at the request of the Government of Belize and is maintained in the

country files (Belize) of the Office of Treaty Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.

4. Neither the Belize country files nor the files of the Office of Treaty Affairs for the

Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in

Civil and Commercial Matters ("Hague Service Convention") contain any subsequent

communication from the Government of Belize with respect to the September 29, 1982

letter or the Hague Service Convention.

5. It is the position of the Office of Treaty Affairs that the Hague Service Convention

applies provisionally and on the basis of reciprocity between Belize and the United States

under the same terms as it applied between British Honduras and the United States prior

to Belize's independence in 1981.

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6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of

my knowledge and belief.

Executed in Washington, D.C. on March 20, 2009.

Avril D. HainesAssistant Legal Adviser

for Treaty Affairs

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ATTACHMENT A


Secre ta ry G m e r a l k i t e d Nations Drgenization NeJ York. N.Y. 1DD17 U. S. A. . . - .

Dmr Excellency,

- I have ' the honour to infonn you *at M e Govein- ment o f B e l i z e has decided Co conttnua t c - a p p l y pro- b i a i o r a l l y and on tha b z ~ i s o f r a c i p r o c i t y , a l l t r e a t i e s to hhih t h e Governnmi of t h e Units3 Kingdom of Great B r i t a i n snd Northern I re land ms s par ty , t h e app l ica t ion of h h i h a s extended e i t h s s ucp'esaly o r by necessary impl icat ion t o t h e then depmdme s e r r i t o r y of Belize.

Such provis ional a p p l i c a t i o n would s u b s i s t u n t i l Be l ize o t h e r u i s e n o t i f i k Your Excellency, t h e depository 6n t h e c a s e o f a m r l t i l a t e r a l t r e a i y ) , o r t h e s-ate par ty Gn t h e c s s e o f a b i l a t e r d t r s t y . )

I shoulo be g r a t e f u l i f Your Excellency would arrange f o r t h i s l e t t e r t o be c i r c u l a t e d t o a l l M n o r S t s t e s o f t h e k i t e d Pbtions and Spec ia l i sed A Q R I C ~ ~ S , 53

well a s t o t h e executive heads o f t h o s e agencies.

Accept, Excellency, t h e renewed assurancss o f my h i g h e s t considerat ion.

GEORGE PRICF Primo V6nister and

Minis ter o f Foreign A f f s i r s

cc. Pe-mnent Rsprsen t s -c ive o f a e l i z e t o t h e U.M. B r i t i s h Him C m i s s i o n Attorney Generai


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