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B. PAN AMERICAN RAILWAY CONGRESS ASSOCIATION

Calle Peru 277, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Origin and Development: In 1907 the Argentine Government established the South American Railway Congress. In 1941, at Bogotá, the Fourth Congress invited the governments of the Central and North American Republics and railway associations and companies in these countries to join the organization and changed its name to the Pan American Railway Congress Association.

Purpose: The purpose of the Association is to promote the development and progress of railways on the American Continent. It holds periodic meetings, publishes documents and a periodic bulletin, maintains information services, and prepares studies on questions of common interest.

Structure: The Railway Congresses of the Association meet about every 3 years to lay down broad policy guidelines concerning activities of the Association. The Permanent Commission of the Association meets annually and is charged with the supervision of the Association's activities between meetings of the Congresses. Fourteen member states are represented on the Permanent Commission:

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Current Authority for U.S. Participation: 62 Stat. 1060 (1948), 22 U.S.C., §§ 280j-k(1952).

Source: U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. United States contributions to internationa! organizations: the 19th report on the extent and disposition of U.S. contributions to international organizations, for fiscal year 1970, pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of Public Law 806 (81st Congress). Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. House Doc. 92-173.

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C. POSTAL UNION OF THE AMERICAS AND SPAIN

Montevideo, Uruguay 19

Origin and Development: The first inter-American postal organization, the South American Postal Union, was established by the 10 South American states in accordance with the South American Postal Convention, signed Feburary 2, 1911, at Montevideo. The South American Postal Union became the Pan American Postal Union, pursuant to the Pan American Postal Convention, signed September 15, 1921. Spain became a member in 1924 and in 1931 the name of the Union was changed to the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain.

Purpose: The Union was established to extend, facilitate, and perfect the postal relations of the member states, and to promote solidarity of action in the universal postal congresses in the common interests of the members with regard to communications by mail.

Structure: The Union is under the supervision of the postal service of Uruguay. It consists of the following 23 members:

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Initial Date of U.S. Participation: 1922.

Paraguay
Peru
Spain

United States
Uruguay

Venezuela

Current Authority for U.S. Participation: 48 Stat. 943 (1934), 5 U.S.C. §372 (1952), Postal Convention of the Americas and Spain, March 1, 1967, 7 UST 2599, TIAS 6354.

Source: U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. United States contributions to international organizations. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. House Doc. 92-173.

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V. SELECTED FORMAL ACTIONS, RESOLUTIONS,

AND DECLARATIONS

A. OAS and Other Documents on Major Issues

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1. Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Pact),
1947

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2. American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogotá),
1948_

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4. Declaration of Caracas, 1954

6. Act of Bogotá, 1960_

8. The Charter of Punta del Este, Establishing an Alliance for
Progress, 1961..

9. Resolutions Adopted at the Eighth Meeting of Consultation
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Punta del Este, Uruguay,
January 22-31, 1962 (exclusion of Cuba from participation
in the Inter-American system).

10. Resolutions Adopted at the Ninth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C., July 21-26,
1964 (economic and diplomatic sanctions against Cuba)..
11. Declaration of the Presidents of America, Punta del Este,
April 1967___

12. Latin American Consensus of Viña del Mar, May 1969.
13. Resolution 21 of the VII Inter-American Economic and Social
Council (CIES), Panama, September 1971, on Economic
Measures Adopted by the United States.

14. Manifesto of Latin America, XI Special Meeting of the Special
Commission for Latin American Coordination CECLA,
Buenos Aires, September 1971..

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15. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America, 1967__.

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16. Additional Protocol II To the Treaty for the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, 1968__

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17. OAS Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism,
1971..

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a. Description___

B. Regional Integration..

1. Organization of Central American States (ODECA).

2. Central American Common Market (CACM).

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b. Charter of the Organization of Central American States
(ODECA).

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a. Description.

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b. General Treaty for Central American Economic In-
tegration (Managua Treaty), 1960

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3. Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA)

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a. Description -

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b. Treaty Establishing a Free Trade Area and Instituting the
Latin American Free Trade Association (Montevideo
Treaty), 1960.

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4. Andean Group...

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a. Description

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b. Agreement Establishing the Andean Subregional Group
(Agreement of Cartagena), 1969.

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5. Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA).

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a. Description....

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b. Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Free Trade
Association, 1968....

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b. The International Coffee Agreement, 1968..

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c. An Act to Extend the International Coffee Agreement
of 1968

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3. Territorial Seas, Fisheries Conventions, and Related Legislation.
a. Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission, 1950- - .

b. Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, as Amended.
c. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.

d. Declaration of Montevideo on the Law of the Sea (claim
to 200 miles of territorial seas by certain nations),
1970.....

e. Agreement Between the Government of the Federative
Republic of Brazil and the Government of the United
States of America Concerning Shrimp, 1972....

f. Legislation Prohibiting U.S. Assistance to Ecuador
Because of Fishing Seizures...

g. Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967_

4. Petroleum...

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b. The Statute of the Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries, 1965-

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a. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)..

5. Copper....

a. An Agreement to Establish the Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries (CIPEC)---- 402

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