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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. First term. The first term shall begin on January 1, 1955. Assistant Director. The appointment and replacement of the Assistant Director shall be made in accordance with the above rules, except that the first term shall begin on January 1, 1960. RemovalofDirctor It is understood that the Governing Board may at any time, by General or Assistant ab Director. vote of fifteen of its members, remove the Director General or the Assistant Director, on grounds relating to the efficiency of the or- ganization. ontinuagtion of er- 6. Until the Ninth International Conference of American States, in accordance with the procedure provided hereinafter, creates or confirms the various agencies of the inter-American system, the following agencies created by the Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs shall continue to function: The Inter-American Juridical Committee, the Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense, and the Inter-American Defense Board. onerAmic and o 7. In place of the emergency agency now functioning as the Inter- Council. American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee, there is hereby created a permanent Inter-American Economic and Social Council-subsidiary to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union-the members of which shall be designated by the respective Governments, and which shall be empowered: a) To carry out recommendations of the International Confer- ences of American States; b) To serve as the coordinating agency for all official inter- American economic and social activities; c) To promote social progress and the raising of the standard of living for all the American peoples; d) To undertake studies and other activities upon its own initia- tive or upon the request of any American government; e) To collect and prepare reports on economic and social matters for the use of the American Republics; f) To maintain liaison with the corresponding agency of the general international organization when established, and with existing or projected international economic and social agencies. The Governing Board of the Pan American Union is authorized to organize provisionally the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. The permanent organization shall be established by the Ninth International Conference of American States. 8. The Division of Intellectual Cooperation of the Pan American Union shall be maintained for the purpose of strengthening by all means at its command the spiritual bonds between the American nations. Preparation of a drPt charter for im 9. The Governing Board of the Pan American Union, availing itself Prain,. et.em, of all Pan American agencies that it deems appropriate, is charged with preparing, beginning May 1, 1945, a draft charter for the improve- ment and strengthening of the Pan American system. The Governing Board shall submit the draft to the Governments of the Continent prior to December 31, 1945. The draft charter shall first of all proclaim: The recognition, by all the American Republics, of international law 1856

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