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Colección: INTERAMER
Número: 66
Año: 1999
Autor: Christopher R. Thomas
Título: The Organization of American States in its 50th Year: Overview of a Regional Commitment

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER I

1948-1960s: CHARTING A COURSE FOR THE HEMISPHERE

I. The Political Dimension

II. The Social and Economic Dimension

III. Charter Reforms 1967 and 1985: Structure and Membership

NOTES

CHAPTER II

1970s-1990s: MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE

I. Principle, Fundamentalism, and Pragmatism

II. Expanding Charter Provisions (A New Optic for Development)

III. Enhancing Technical Cooperation

IV. Exploiting the Benefits of Partnership

V. The Role of Specialized Organizations and Entities

NOTES

CHAPTER III

ADJUSTMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM WITHIN THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT

I. Overview of the Organizational Structure of the General Secretariat

II. Programs of the General Secretariat on Democracy, Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Drug Control

III. Programs of the General Secretariat on Integral Development through Cooperation

IV. Modernization of the Administrative Function and its Processes

V. Programs of the General Secretariat on Public Information and External Relations

CHAPTER IV

FACING THE FUTURE

I. The International and Regional Circumstances

II. The New Vision

III. Review of the Organizational/Administrative Structure

NOTES

CHAPTER V

THE SUMMIT PROCESS AND THE HEMISPHERIC AGENDA

Bibliography

Appendixes