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, and Inter-American Relations: A Collection of Documents, Legislation, Descriptions of Inter-American Organizations, and Other Material Pertaining to Inter-American Affairs, 92d Congress, 2d Session, October 10, 1972. THOMAS E. MORGAN, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs. (III) CONTENTS Page H. Special Agencies and Commissions of the OAS. 1. Inter-American Defense Board... 2. Inter-American Statistical Institute_ 3. Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission. 4. Special Consultative Committee on Security- I. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights... 1. Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human 2. Regulations of the Inter-American Commission on 3. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of 4. American Convention on Human Rights----- 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- IV. OTHER INTER-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS. A. Pan American Highway Congress.. 69 9. Resolutions Adopted at the Eighth Meeting of Con- sultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Punta del Este, Uruguay, January 22-31, 1962 (exclusion of Cuba from participation in the Inter-American 10. Resolutions Adopted at the Ninth Meeting of Con- sultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Wash- ington, D.C., July 21-26, 1964 (economic and diplomatic sanctions against Cuba). - 11. Resolutions Adopted at the Twelfth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C., June 19- September 24, 1967- 14. Resolution 21 of the VII Inter-American Economic and Social Council (CIES), Panama, September 1971, on Economic Measures Adopted by the 15. Manifesto of Latin America, XI Special Meeting of the Special Commission for Latin American Co- ordination CECLA, Buenos Aires, September 1971. 16. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 17. Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Pro- hibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, 1968__ 295 b. Agreement Establishing the Andean Subre- gional Group (Agreement of Cartagena), 1969_. c. Andean Foreign Investment Code.. 352 V. SELECTED FORMAL ACTIONS, ETC.-Continued C. Natural Resources.. 1. Sugar 2. Coffee a. The International Coffee Organization.. 3. Territorial Seas, Fisheries Conventions, and Related a. Convention for the Establishment of an Inter- e. Agreement Between the Government of the f. Legislation Prohibiting U.S. Assistance to g. Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967.. 4. Petroleum.. a. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Page 455 455 456 456 458 464 465 465 471 478 479 481 488 489 490 490 VI. U.S. LEGISLATION RELATING TO INTER-AMERICAN RE- 2. Title IV: Overseas Private Investment Corporation 5. Sec. 507: Restrictions on Military Aid to Latin 536 6. Sec. 620: Prohibitions Against Furnishing Assistance 537 546 B. Foreign Military Sales Act as Amended.. 1. Sec. 3(b): Prohibition Against Sales to Countries 546 2. Sec. 33: Regional Ceilings on Foreign Military Sales- 546 C. Naval Ship Loan Extension Act of 1967.. 548 D. Inter-American Foundation Act (Foreign Assistance Act of 550 E. Latin American Development Act, as Amended 555 558 564 569 I. Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 570 |