PAN AMERICAN UNION
- Resolution adopted by the Fourth International American Conference at Buenos Aires August 11, 1910
- Amended by resolution of May 1, 1923,[1] of the Fifth International Conference of American States, as amended
- Termination: Became obsolete December 13, 1951, upon entry into force of the Charter of the Organization of American States of April 30, 1948[2]
Report of the Delegates of the United States to the Fourth International Conference of American States, Held at Buenos Aires, July 12 to August 30, 1910 (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911), p. 156; Senate document 744, 61st Congress, 3d session
Resolution
Reorganization of the "Union of American Republics"
The undersigned, Delegates of the Republics represented in the Fourth International American Conference, duly authorized by their respective Governments, have approved the following resolution:
The Fourth International American Conference resolves:
Article I
To maintain, under the name of "Union of American Republics," the International Union created by the First,[3] and confirmed by the Second[4] and Third Conferences,[5] and under the name of "Pan American Union" the institution serving as its Agent and having its seat in the Building of the American Republics in the City of Washington, D.C.
The purposes of the "Pan American Union" are the following:
1. To compile and distribute commercial information and prepare commercial reports.
