COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina ROY A. TAYLOR, North Carolina WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD, California J. IRVING WHALLEY, Pennsylvania EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama FOREWORD WASHINGTON, D.C., This document is designed to provide the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the membership of the House with a single source of current and important reference material dealing with interAmerican affairs. The material contained herein was selected, compiled and organized by Barry Sklar and Virginia Hagen, of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, under the guidance of the staff of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and with the assistance of the Permanent Mission of the United States to the Organization of American States on the sections devoted to inter-American organizations. This document supersedes: U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs. Regional and Other Documents Concerning United States Relations with Latin America. 89th Congress, 2d Session. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966. THOMAS E. MORGAN, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs. (III) CONTENTS F. OAS Conferences and Meetings_ 1. Pan American Conferences, 1828-1972. 2. Meetings of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af- 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. 5. Pan American Health Organization 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. B. Articles of Agreement Establishing the Inter-American C. Inter-American Development Bank Act.. Provision against providing funds of the Bank for coun- tries which have nationalized or expropriated U.S. property or have failed to take steps to prevent nar- V. SELECTED FORMAL ACTIONS, ETC.-Continued 2. American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of 3. Caracas Declaration of Solidarity, 1954. Page 139 153 155 5. Declaration of San José, 1960_ 156 6. Act of Bogotá, 1960__. 158 7. Declaration of Punta del Este, 1961.. 164 8. The Charter of Punta del Este, Establishing an Al- 167 9. Resolutions Adopted at the Eighth Meeting of Con- 10. Resolutions Adopted at the Ninth Meeting of Con- 11. Declaration of the Presidents of America, Punta del 12. Latin American Consensus of Viña del Mar, May 181 189 194 210 13. Resolution 21 of the VII Inter-American Economic 14. Manifesto of Latin America, XI Special Meeting of 221 225 228 16. Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Pro- 243 17. OAS Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts 245 B. Regional Integration___ 249 1. Organization of Central American States (ODECA)- b. General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration (Managua Treaty), 1960. 3. Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA)_ a. Description....... b. Treaty Establishing a Free Trade Area and 4. Andean Group- b. Agreement Establishing the Andean Subre- 5. Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA)_ b. Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Free 278 299 299 300 331 331 333 |
