Meetings of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign
Affairs
Minutes
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I Meeting - Panama,
Panama - September 23 - October 3, 1939
When hostilities broke out in Europe, it was
suggested that that the situation might disrupt
the peace of the Americas. (Pursuant to agreements
adopted at the Inter-American Conference for the
Consolidation of Peace (Buenos Aires, 1936) and
the VIII International Conference of American
States (Lima, 1938))
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II Meeting - La
Habana, Cuba - July 21 to 31, 1940
International repercussions of the war in Europe
resulted in new problems for the American
republics (European possessions in the Americas).
Pursuant to agreements adopted at the
Inter-American Conference for the Consolidation of
Peace (Buenos Aires, 1936) and the VIII
International Conference of American States (Lima,
1938)
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III Meeting - Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil - January 15 to 28, 1942
Convened at the request of the Government of
Chile, in connection with the Japanese attack on
the United States on December 7, 1941.
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IV Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - March 26 to
April 7, 1951
Risk of international communist aggression.
resolution adopted by the OAS Permanent Council on
December 20, 1950, after taking note of the note
from the United States requesting convocation of
the Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Articles 30 and 40 of the OAS Charter (1948)
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V Meeting - Santiago,
Chile - August 12 to 18, 1959
Integral coordination of efforts to resolve the
situation in the Caribbean area (draft resolution
presented by Brazil, Chile, United States, and
Peru, adopted by the Permanent Council on July 13,
1959). Article 39 and 40 of the OAS Charter (1948)
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VI Meeting - San
José, Costa Rica - August 16 to 21, 1960
To consider the interventionist and aggressive
acts by the Government of the Dominican Republic
against the Government of Venezuela, which led to
an attempt on the life of the President of
Venezuela. Convened at the request of Venezuela.
resolution convening the Meeting of Consultation
adopted by the Permanent Council on July 8, 1960.
Article 6 of the Rio Treaty
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VII Meeting - San
José, Costa Rica - August 22 to 29, 1960
Requested by Peru to consider hemispheric
partnership requirements and defense of the
regional system and the democratic principles of
the Americas against potential threats. resolution
convening the Meeting of Consultation adopted by
the Permanent Council on July 18, 1960.
Articles 30 and 40 of the OAS Charter (1948)
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VIII Meeting - Punta
del Este, Uruguay - January 22 to 31, 1962
Convened at the request of Colombia to consider
potential threats to the peace and political
independence of the American states from
intervention by powers outside the Hemisphere
intended to fracture the solidarity of the
Americas. resolution convening the Meeting of
Consultation adopted by the Permanent Council at
its meeting of December 4, 1961. Articles 6
and 11 of the Rio Treaty
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IX Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - July 21 to
26, 1964
Convened at the request of Venezuela to consider
measures that should be taken to address the
interventionist and aggressive acts by the
Government of Cuba affecting the territorial
integrity and sovereignty of Venezuela and the
effectiveness of its democratic institutions.
resolution convening the Meeting of Consultation
adopted by the Permanent Council at its meeting of
December 3, 1963. Article 6 of the Rio
Treaty
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X Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - May 1, 1965
to March 6, 1970
Grave situation resulting from armed conflict in
the Dominican Republic (convened at the request of
Chile in a resolution adopted by the Permanent
Council at its meeting of April 30, 1965).
Articles 39 and 40 of the OAS Charter (1948)
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XI Meeting - (First
meeting) Washington, D.C., United States -
January 24 to February 1, 1967; (Second
meeting) Buenos Aires, Argentina - February 15
to 26, 1967; (Third
meeting) Punta del Este, Uruguay - April 8 to
14, 1967)
To decide whether to hold a meeting of heads of
state to strengthen the Alliance for Progress and
to decide new measures for hemispheric cooperation
to facilitate Latin American economic integration.
resolution convening the Meeting of Consultation
adopted by the Permanent Council at its meeting of
September 19, 1966. Articles 39 and 40 of
the OAS Charter (1948)
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XII Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - June 19 to
September 24, 1967
OAS member states are faced with a grave situation
resulting from the posture of the current
Government of Cuba. Convened at the request of the
Government of Venezuela in a resolution adopted by
the Permanent Council at its meeting of June 5,
1967. Articles 39 and 40 of the OAS Charter
(1948)
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XIII Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - June 26,
1969 to November 17, 1980
The Government of Honduras denounces the armed
aggression of the military forces of the
Government of El Salvador and the violation of
Honduran air space. Articles 39, 40, and 43
of the OAS Charter (1948)
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XIV Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - January 30,
1971 (Remains open)
An urgent matter of common interest resulting from
the use of coercive measures by the Government of
the United States (Tuna problem) Article 59
of the OAS Charter
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XV Meeting - Quito,
Ecuador - November 8 to 12, 1974
Requested by
Colombia, Costa Rica, and Venezuela
to consider the
altered circumstances of 1964 and to decide on the
advisability of nullification of the provisions of
resolution I of the Ninth Meeting of Consultation
on application of measures to the current
Government of Cuba. Application of the Rio
Treaty
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XVI Meeting - San
José, Costa Rica - July 29, 1975
Requested by the delegations of Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Peru,
Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela to examine the
issue of the freedom of the States Parties to the
Rio Treaty to take steps to normalize or conduct
relations with the Republic of Cuba at the level
and in the manner deemed appropriate by each
state. Application of the Rio Treaty
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XVII Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - September
21, 1978 to December 14, 1992
Requested by Venezuela, consideration was given to
the events occurring on the Costa Rica/Nicaragua
border at special meetings of the Permanent
Council held on September 7, 12, 15, and 18, 1978.
At the last of these meetings, resolution CP/RES.
251 (342/78) was adopted, convening the XVII
Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign
Affairs. Article 59 of the OAS Charter
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XVIII Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - December 30,
1978
The Permanent Council served as Organ of
Consultation in connection with complaints made by
Costa Rica regarding Nicaragua, which were
presented at a special meeting held on November
22, 1978. Article 6 of the Rio Treaty
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XIX Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - February 2
to 4, 1981
Consideration of the Ecuador/Peru border conflict.
Articles 59 and 60 of the OAS Charter
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XX Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - April 26,
1982 (Remains open)
Requested by Argentina, in connection with the
grave situation in the South Atlantic (Malvinas
Islands). Article 6 of the Rio Treaty
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XXI Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - May 17, 1989 to
December 14, 1992
Requested by Venezuela to consider the grave
crisis in Panama in its international context.
Documents for the first to the seventh plenary
sessions are available only in Spanish. First part of
Article 60 of the Charter
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XXII Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - January 9, 1992
(Did not meet)
Requested by Venezuela, to consider measures that
should be taken to address the threat to the
region’s democratic institutions from the
resurgence of militaristic tendencies in the
Hemisphere. First part of Article 60 of the
Charter
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XXIII Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - September 19,
2001
In connection with the terrorist acts perpetrated
within the territory of the United States on
September 11, 2001. Articles 61 to 65 of the
OAS Charter
Declaration
resolution
List of participants
List of documents
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XXIV Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - September 19,
2001
Convened to agree on measures that should be taken
for the common defense and for the maintenance of
peace and security in the Hemisphere.
Articles 11 and 12 of the Rio Treaty
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XXV Meeting -
Washington, D.C., United States - March 17, 2008
Convened
by the Permanent Council taking
into consideration that on the morning of
Saturday, March 1, 2008, military forces and
police personnel of Colombia entered the territory
of Ecuador, in the province of Sucumbíos, without
the express consent of the government of Ecuador
to carry out an operation against members of an
irregular group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
of Colombia who were clandestinely encamped on the
Ecuadorian side of the border;
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