I. MAJOR INTER-AMERICAN TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS. A. Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), 1947 Protocol of Amendment, 1975 (Not in Force)... B. OAS Charter of 1948, as amended by the 1967 Protocol Protocol of Amendment, 1985...... C. American Treaty of Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota), 1948 (In Force D. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948 E. Caracas Declaration of Solidarity, 1954 G. Charter of the Alliance for Progress. Declaration of Punta del Este, 1961. The Charter of Punta del Este, Establishing an Alliance for Progress within the Framework of Operation Pan America, 1961... H. Declaration of the Presidents of America, Punta del Este, Uruguay, K. Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terroism Taking the Form of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion That Are of L. Inter-American Convention on Extradition, 1981 (Not in Force). M. Inter-American Convention To Prevent and Punish Torture, 1985 (In II. AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM AND THE OR- GANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS). -Inter-American Economic and Social Council -Inter-American Council for Education, Science and Cul- 5. Other Councils/Committees/Commissions: c. Inter-American Court of Human Rights d. Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) 6. The Secretary General and the General Secretariat.. 7. Administrative Tribunal........... 8. Specialized Conferences..... a. Pan American Health Organization b. Inter-American Children's Institute 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- 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- 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, 5. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta- tion, 1955, in response to tensions between Costa Rica and Nica- 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 8. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consulta- 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 Consultation, October, 1962, in response to placement of offensive weapons with a nuclear capability on Cuban territory by an extracontinental power 14. Council of the OAS Acting Provisionally as Organ of Consultation, 1963, in response to Costa Rican and Haitian requests concerning 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 Consultation, 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, 18. Eleventh Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 19. Twelfth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 20. Thirteenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af- 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- 24. Seventeenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af- Page 269 271 273 283 285 286 290 291 292 298 307 308 309 310 312 313 315 |