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: 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. (126) 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: Initial Date of U.S. Participation: 1922. Paraguay United States 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. (127) V. SELECTED FORMAL ACTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND DECLARATIONS A. OAS and Other Documents on Major Issues Page 131 1. Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Pact), 131 2. American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogotá), 139 167 4. Declaration of Caracas, 1954 6. Act of Bogotá, 1960_ 8. The Charter of Punta del Este, Establishing an Alliance for 9. Resolutions Adopted at the Eighth Meeting of Consultation 10. Resolutions Adopted at the Ninth Meeting of Consultation of 12. Latin American Consensus of Viña del Mar, May 1969. 14. Manifesto of Latin America, XI Special Meeting of the Special 181 189 194 210 221 225 15. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin 228 16. Additional Protocol II To the Treaty for the Prohibition of 243 17. OAS Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism, 245 a. Description___ B. Regional Integration.. 1. Organization of Central American States (ODECA). 2. Central American Common Market (CACM). 249 249 249 b. Charter of the Organization of Central American States 251 256 a. Description. 256 b. General Treaty for Central American Economic In- 264 3. Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA) 275 a. Description - 275 b. Treaty Establishing a Free Trade Area and Instituting the 278 4. Andean Group... 299 a. Description 299 b. Agreement Establishing the Andean Subregional Group 300 5. Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). 331 a. Description.... 331 b. Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Free Trade 333 b. The International Coffee Agreement, 1968.. 356 c. An Act to Extend the International Coffee Agreement 363 364 364 370 3. Territorial Seas, Fisheries Conventions, and Related Legislation. b. Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, as Amended. d. Declaration of Montevideo on the Law of the Sea (claim e. Agreement Between the Government of the Federative f. Legislation Prohibiting U.S. Assistance to Ecuador g. Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967_ 4. Petroleum... 377 378 380 387 388 389 389 b. The Statute of the Organization of the Petroleum 391 402 a. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries 5. Copper.... a. An Agreement to Establish the Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries (CIPEC)---- 402 |