V. SELECTED FORMAL ACTIONS, ETC.-Continued 3. Territorial Seas, Fisheries Conventions, and Related a. Convention for the Establishment of an Inter- e. Agreement Between the Government of the Page 364 364 370 377 378 380 f. Legislation Prohibiting U.S. Assistance to 387 388 2. Title IV: Overseas Private Investment Corporation 416 5. Sec. 507: Restrictions on Military Aid to Latin 434 6. Sec. 620: Prohibitions Against Furnishing Assistance 435 B. Foreign Military Sales Act as Amended (Sec. 33 a and c: 444 C. Inter-American Foundation Act (Foreign Assistance Act of 445 450 D. Latin American Development Act, as Amended. E. Prohibition on Assistance to Ecuador (Sec. 113, Foreign 453 F. Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967–. 454 G. The Sugar Act of 1948, as Amended, and Sugar Quotas... 458 463 I. Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 464 J. Claims Against Cuba (Public Law 88-666, as amended by 470 K. Cuba Resolution (Public Law 87-733). 474 L. Resolution on Communist Subversion in the Western Hemi- 475 4. International Boundary and Water Commission, 483 5. American-Mexican Chamizal Convention (Public 484 6. Convention Between the United States and Mexico for 8. Treaty of Cooperation Between the United States and B. Panama.. 1. Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal 2. General Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation Be- C. Cuba.. 1955 1. Guantanamo Naval Base Agreements, 1903 and 1934_ 487 494 503 506 506 515 525 538 538 538 541 543 545 as 546 547 548 b. Lease of Coaling or Naval Stations, 1903. 2. Prohibitions Against Furnishing Assistance (Foreign 4. Cuba Resolution (Public Law 87-733)_. 5. Resolution on Communist Subversion in the Western VIII. TREATIES IN FORCE: A List of Treaties and Other International I. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) A. Description. B. OAS Charter.... C. Protocol of Amendment to the OAS Charter_ D. OAS Organizational Chart____ E. Special Committee for Consultation and Negotiation (CECON) F. OAS Conferences and Meetings.. 1. Pan American Conferences 1826-1972_. F 1 100 1 2. Meetings of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1939- 3. Formal Peacekeeping Activities, 1948-1972_ G. Specialized Organizations of the OAS 1. Inter-American Children's Institute.. 2. Inter-American Commission of Women. 3. Inter-American Indian Institute... 4. Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences_ 6. Pan American Institute of Geography and History. H. Special Agencies and Commissions of the OAS. 1. Inter-American Defense Board_. 2. Inter-American Statistical Institute_. 3. Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission_ Page 3 5 35 38 39 40 40 44 48 54 55 56 58 59 61 63 64 65 66 67 68 (1) A. DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES 17th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Origin and development: The origin of the concept of an InterAmerican organization can be traced to the Treaty of Perpetual Union, League and Confederation, signed in 1826 by delegates of Central and South American countries, meeting at the invitation of Simon Bolivar at the Congress of Panama, Panama City. Although the idea was discussed in several later meetings among Latin American countries, no steps were taken to found an organization until 1890. On April 14, 1890, 18 nations of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, attending the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C., formed the International Union of American Republics, "for the prompt collection and distribution of commercial information." The Conference established the "Commercial Bureau of the American Republics" in Washington as its permanent representative. In 1910, the Commercial Bureau became the Pan American Union with permanent headquarters in Washington, D.C. Following World War II, a treaty basis giving permanent form to a new organizational structure for the Union was provided at the Ninth International Conference of American States, held in Bogota, Colombia, when, on April 30, 1948, the 21 American Republics signed the Charter of the Organization of American States. The Charter provided that the Pan American Union continue its functions as General Secretariat of the Organization. The OAS Charter was revised by a Protocol of Amendments adopted by the Third Special Inter-American Conference at Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1967. The amendments, which entered into force on February 27, 1970, gave emphasis to the development-oriented functions of the Organization, mainly by increasing the status within the OAS of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council and the Inter-American Council for Education, Science and Culture (formerly the Inter-American Cultural Council), which are now responsible directly to an Annual General Assembly. The Assembly, in turn, was established to provide a high-level OAS meeting at least once each year at which, in addition to approval of budget and other administrative matters, issues of importance in hemisphere relations could be discussed. Under the Charter revisions, the Pan American Union became the General Secretariat, and continued as the central permanent organ, headed by the Secretary General responsible to the General Assembly. |