Endowments; International cooperation; Pan-Americanism; Washington (D.C.); International Bureau of the American Republics; Pan American Union; Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1901 and 1910?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 85
Note
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Pan-American Building; Elihu Root
The pursuit of regional solidarity and cooperation again came to the forefront in 1889–1890, at the First International Conference of American States. Gathered together in Washington, D.C., 18 nations resolved to found the International Union of Ameri can Republics, served by a permanent secretariat called the Commercial Bureau of the American Republics (renamed the International Commercial Bureau at the Second International Conference in 1901–1902). These two bodies, in existence as of 14 April 1890, represent the point of inception to which the OAS and its General Secretariat trace their origins. At the Fourth International Conference of American States (Buenos Aires, 1910), the name of the organization was changed to the Union of American Republics and the Bureau became the Pan American Union. The Pan American Union Building was constructed in 1910, on Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C." [SOURCE: "Organization of American States." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_American_States. Accessed 24 Sep. 2018.]