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Organization of American States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Tenth Inter-American Conference was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from March 1 through 28, 1954, under the presidency of Dr. Aureliano Otanez, Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs. Twenty American states sent delegations to the Conference1 which was also attended by observers from inter-American agencies and the United Nations and its specialized agencies. It was decided that the Eleventh Inter-American Conference would be held in Quito, Ecuador (LXIV).

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1954

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1 Costa Rica did not send a delegation to the Conference; however, Costa Rica did sign the Final Act.

2 This and other resolutions, which will be cited by number, of the Conference subsequently cited may be found in Pan American Union, Tenth Inter-American Conference, Caracas, Venezuela, March 1–28, 1954. Final Act, Washington 1954Google Scholar.

3 For the agenda of the Conference, see Pan American Union, Agenda of the Tenth Inter American Conference, Approved by the Council of the Organization of American States at the Special Meeting of November 10, 1953, Washington, 1953Google Scholar.

4 For the original text of the United States resolution, see New York Times, March 7, 1954.

5 Ibid., March 14, 1954.

6 Ibid., March 5, 1954; The Times(London), 03 5, 1954Google Scholar.

7 New York Times, March 9, 1954.

8 Ibid., March 20, 1954, and March 23, 1954.

9 Ibid., March 17, 1954.

10 Ibid., March 19, 1954.

11 Ibid., March 16, 1954, and March 20,1954

12 Ibid., March 8, 1954, and March 18, 1954.

13 Department of State Press Release 351, June 26, 1954. For information on consideration of the Guatemalan situation by the United Nations Security Council, see this issue, p. 514; for information on the report of the Inter-American Peace Committee to the United Nations, see ibid., p. 516.