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60 MOMENTS IN TIME
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Americas
- Article date:
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Insulza, JosÃ; ©; Miguel
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The Organization of American States commemorates 60 years of promoting solidarity and peace in the hemisphere
SIXTY YEARS AGO, IN BOGOTÃ, COLOMBIA, representatives of the nations of the Americas articulated the principles that for more than half a century have guided the work of the Organization of American States (OAS). The signing of the OAS Charter-on April 30, 1948-marked a milestone in a history that nevertheless dates back much further and that justifies calling the OAS the oldest regional organization in the world.
Its creation, in 1948, was simply the reflection and manifestation of a vision as old as the countries of the Americas themselves-even predating most of them. Antecedents ...