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B. Summary of Major OAS Meetings Dealing with Threats to the Peace....

C. Resolutions of Major OAS Meetings on Threats to Peace:

1. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta-

tion, 1948-49, in response to Costa Rican charges that its terri-

tory had been invaded by armed forces proceeding from Nicara-

gua

2. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta-

tion, 1948-49, in response to Haitian charges that the Dominican

Republic threatened to use force and countercharges that the

sovereignty of the Dominican Republic was threatened..

3. Fourth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,

Washington, DC, March 26-April 7, 1951, on consideration of

problems of communism and hemispheric security following ag-

gression in Korea......

4. Tenth Inter-American Conference of American States, March 1-

28, 1954, on intervention of communism in the Americas, situa-

tion in Guatemala, and cooperation for economic development.

[See Section I. E. for the Caracas Declaration of Solidarity, 1954,

page 88.]..

5. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta-

tion, 1955, in response to tensions between Costa Rica and Nica-

ragua

6. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta-

tion, 1957, in response to Honduran and Nicaraguan charges of

violations of their territories

7. Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,

Santiago, Chile, August 12-18, 1959, on consideration of problems

of unrest in the Caribbean; discussion of problems of democracy

and human rights in Latin America.......

10. Sixth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, San Jose, Costa Rica, August 16-21, 1960, to consider acts of intervention and aggression by the Government of the Dominican Republic against the Government of Venezuela.

11. Seventh Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, San Jose, Costa Rica, August 22-29, 1960, on tensions in the Caribbean (Cuban situation)....

12. Eighth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Punta del Este, Uruguay, January 22-31, 1962, to consider Communist offensive in America, Alliance for Progress, human rights, exclusion of Cuba from the OAS.

13. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta-
tion, October, 1962, in response to placement of offensive weap-
ons with a nuclear capability on Cuban territory by an extracon-
tinental power

14. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta-
tion, 1963, in response to Costa Rican and Haitian requests con-
cerning tensions between the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
15. Ninth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Washington, DC, July 21-26, 1964, on intervention by Cuba in
Venezuela.

16. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta-
tion, 1964, in response to a denunciation by Panama of acts of
aggression by the United States

17. Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Washington, DC, May 1, 1965-March 6, 1970, on disturbances in the Dominican Republic following a revolt against the govern

ment.......

18. Eleventh Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Washington, DC, January 24-February 1, 1967, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, February 15-26, 1967, and Punta del Este, Uruguay,
April 8-14, 1967 to arrange a meeting of Hemisphere Chiefs of
State. [See Section I. H. for the Declaration of the Presidents of
America, page 112.]

19. Twelfth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Washington, DC, June 19-September 24, 1967, on intervention by
Cuba in Venezuela and Bolivia and Tricontinental Solidarity
Organizations...

20. Thirteenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs, Washington, DC, July 26, 1969-November 17, 1980 on hos-
tilities between the Governments of El Salvador and Honduras....
21. Fourteenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af
fairs, Washington, DC, January 30, 1971, on consideration of
charges by Government of Ecuador against the United States
Government for use of coercive measures..

22. Fifteenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Quito, Ecuador, November 8-12, 1974, on discontinuing sanctions
on Cuba imposed by the Ninth Meeting of Consultation of the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs

23. Sixteenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 29, 1975, on allowing states to
normalize or conduct relations with the Republic of Cuba at the
level and in the form that each state deems advisable......
24. Seventeenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs, Washington, DC, September 1978, June 1979 on the turmoil
in Nicaragua and its border areas, with specific regard to human
suffering; on declaring the need to replace the current govern-
ment of Nicaragua with a different form of representation.
25. Eighteenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs, was convoked December 29, 1978, but did not take place.....
26. Permanent Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of
Consultation, September 1978, in response to situation in Nicara-
gua, took the place of the Eighteenth Meeting of Consultation......
27. Nineteenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs, Washington, DC, February 2-4, 1981, on the armed conflict
between Ecuador and Peru...

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28. Twentieth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af-
fairs, Washington, DC, April-May 1982, on the conflict between
Great Britain and Argentina over Malvinas/Falklands Islands
and negotiations concerning the conflict...

V. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO LATIN AMERICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN

A. United Nations-Related

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1. UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC).

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2. WHO Regional Office for the Americas-Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO). [See also II. B.9. a, p. 212].

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D. Economic Cooperation Associations..........

1. Andean Development Corporation

3. Latin American Economic System (SELA).

4. Central American Economic Council.

E. Political/Security Organizations

1. Amazonian Cooperation Council..

2. Organization of Central American States...

3. Organization of Eastern Caribbean States..

4. Contadora Group....

5. Contadora Support Group and Group of Eight.

6. Central American Defense Council (CONDECA).

F. Commodity Associations......

1. Union of Banana Exporting Countries..

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4. Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM).

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2. Mutual Assistance of the Latin American Government Oil Com-
panies

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3. International Coffee Organization.

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4. Inter-Governmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries....
5. Group of Latin American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting Coun-
tries......

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8. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

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b. Latin American Association of Development Financing Insti-
tutions................

a. Caribbean Tourism Association.

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e. Permanent Secretariat of the South American Agreement
on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances...

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VI. GENERAL U.S. LEGISLATION RELATED TO LATIN AMERICA AND
THE CARIBBEAN...

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A. Inter-American Development Bank..

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1. Inter-American Development Bank Act (Public Law 86-147,
August 7, 1959), as amended..

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2. Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1988, Sec. 101(e) of the Continuing Appro-
priations for 1988 (Public Law 100-202, December 22, 1987):
Sec. 550: Coordination of Projects.....

B. Latin American Development Act (Public Law 86-735, September 8,
1960), as amended..

C. Alliance for Progress:

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195), as amended,
added by Sec. 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962 (Public
Law 87-565, August 1, 1962), Title VI......

Repealed by the International Development and Food Assistance Act
of 1978 (Public Law 95-424, October 6, 1978), Sec. 102(g)(1)(A).

D. Inter-American Foundation.

Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-175, December 30,
1969), as amended, Part IV.....

E. Prohibitions on Furnishing U.S. Foreign Assistance.

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195), as amended
Sec. 620(a): Suspension of Assistance to Cuba, September 4,
1961..

Sec. 620(e): Suspension of Assistance to Countries Which Have
Expropriated Property, Repudiated Contracts or Agree-
ments, or Imposed Discriminatory Taxes or Exactions
Without Compensation (Hickenlooper Amendment), added
by Sec. 301(d)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962
(Public Law 87-565, August 1, 1962)...

Sec. 620(f): Prohibition on Assistance to any Communist Coun-
try, added by Sec. 301(d)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1962 (Public Law 87-565, August 1, 1962)....
Sec. 620(0): Exclusion of Countries Seizing United States Fish-
ing Vessels, added by Sec. 301(d)(4) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-171, September 6, 1965).....
Sec. 620(q): Prohibition on Countries Defaulting on Payments
to the United States, added by Sec. 301(h)(5) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-583, September 19,
1966).
Sec. 620(s): Consideration of Foreign Countries' Military Budg-
ets and Use of Foreign Exchange to Purchase Military
Equipment, added by Sec. 301(f)(4) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1967 (Public Law 90-137, November 14, 1967) ...
Sec. 620(A): Prohibition on Assistance to Countries Supporting
International Terrorism, added by Sec. 303 of the Interna-
tional Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of
1976 (Public Law 94-329, June 30, 1976)....

Sec. 660: Prohibition on Assistance for Police Training, added
by Sec. 30(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1974 (Public
Law 93-559, December 30, 1974), as amended.

F. General Human Rights Conditions on Foreign Assistance.
1. Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195), as amended.
Sec. 116: Prohibition on Assistance to Countries Engaging in a
Consistent Pattern of Human Rights Violations, added by
Public Law 94-161, December 20, 1975, and as amended by
Sec. 127 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 1988 and 1989).

Sec. 502B: Prohibition on Providing Security Assistance to
Countries Engaging in a Consistent Pattern of Human
Rights Violations, added by Sec. 46 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-559, December 30, 1974)....
2. International Financial Institutions Act (Public Law 95-118, Octo-
ber 3, 1977), as amended

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Title VII: Policy of U.S. Opposition to Loans to Countries En-
gaging in Pattern of Human Rights Violations....

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G. International Narcotics Control Assistance and Cooperation Legisla-

tion.

1. Inter-American Development Bank Act (Public Law 86-147,

August 7, 1959) Sec. 22: Narcotics Control: Effect on Inter-Ameri-

can Development Bank Loans [See VI. A.1., p. 356].

2. Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195), as amended.

Sec. 126: Relationship of Development and Illicit Narcotics

Production, added by Sec. 110 of the International Devel-

opment Cooperation Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–53, August

14, 1979)...

Chapter 8: International Narcotics Control, as amended, added

by Sec. 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1971 (Public

Law 92-226, February 2, 1972).

3. Trade Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-618, January 3, 1975), Title

VIII-Tariff Treatment of Products of, and Other Sanctions

Against, Uncooperative Major Drug Producing or Drug-Transit

Countries, added by Section 9001 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of

1986 (Public Law 99-570, October 27, 1986), as amended

4. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987

(Public Law 99-93, August 16, 1985), as amended by the Omnibus

Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law

99-399, August 27, 1986).

Sec. 133: Encouraging Extradition Treaties With Drug-Produc-

ing Countries....

Sec. 814: United States International Narcotics Control Com-

mission to Monitor and Promote International Compliance

5. International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985

(Public Law 99-83, August 8, 1985), Title VI, International Nar-

cotics Control.

Sec. 607: Procurement of Weapons To Defend Aircraft Involved

in Narcotics Control Efforts

Sec. 610: Conditions on Assistance for Jamaica..

Sec. 611: Conditions on Assistance for Bolivia

Sec. 612: Conditions on Assistance for Peru.

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