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Reform of the OAS

The 1967 Buenos Aires Protocol of Amendment to the 1948 Charter of Bogotá: An Appraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

William Manger
William Manger*
Affiliation:
Latin American Studies Program, Georgetown University
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On February 27, 1967, representatives of the member nations of the Organization of American States, meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, signed the Protocol of Amendment to the 1948 Charter of Bogotá. It will become effective when ratified by two-thirds of the signatory states.

The Protocol reflects the current mood toward the inter-American regional system, and perhaps toward international organization in general. Contrasted with the 1948 Charter, the Protocol has its elements of strength and of weakness. The spirit of internationalism today, however, is much weaker than it was in 1948, and from the standpoint of the Organization the elements of weakness within the Protocol are much greater than the elements of strength.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Inter-American Studies , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1968 , pp. 1 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1968

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References

1 See Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States, “Protocol of Buenos Aires.” Treaty Series 1-B, Pan American Union, 1967, Washington, D. C.

2 The motivations for the changes will be touched upon only incidentally in this appraisal, which will deal essentially with the changes themselves and their likely effect on the Organization rather than their causes. The reasons for the changes, the positions of the several governments, offer a broad field for further and more detailed study.