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Inder the patronage of His Exellency Marcial Mora, then Amassador of Chile in Washington, n exhibition of camera portraits y the Chilean artist Marcos 'hamudes was recently held at he Pan American Union. The ollection consisted of photograph

studies of well-known Latin Americans. These studies com›ined complete naturalness with rtistry in pose and arrangement f light and shadow. By catchng so expertly the character of is subjects, Señor Chamudes atroduced citizens of the United tates to some of the most famous ntellectual leaders of Latin America. The photographs apbearing on these two pages ormed part of the collection.

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Women of the Americas

Notes from the Inter-American Commission of Women

Delegates to the United Nations

Assembly

THE Chairman of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Señorita Minerva Bernardino, has been serving as a delegate of her country, the Dominican Republic, before the United Nations Assembly. Another woman of Latin America has also been attending the Assembly as a full delegate. She is Señora Amanda Labarca of Chile. Señora Labarca is chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chilean Commission on Intellectual Cooperation and a member of the Chilean Federation of Women's Institutions.

The delegate of Venezuela to the InterAmerican Commission of Women, Señora Isabel Sánchez de Urdaneta, is a member of the Committee on the Status of Women of the United Nations.

New delegates to the Commission

The Government of Argentina recently named Dr. María Ester Luzuriaga de Desmarás as delegate to the Inter-American Commission of Women. She replaced Señorita Angélica Fuselli, who represented Argentina during the past few years.

The Government of Haiti has also appointed a new delegate, Mme. Fortuna André Guéry. Mme. Guéry is a distinguished educator who has done much. constructive work on behalf of the youth of her country.

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Women's Committee for Peace through Democracy

Señora Berta L. de Grassi of Uruguay, an outstanding figure in the field of journalism and an active supporter of the anti-fascist struggle in her country, recently arrived in Washington. She is a member of the Women's Committee for Peace through Democracy of Uruguay, an organization neaded by Señorita Magdalena Antonelli Moreno, member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Uruguayan Congress.

Upon her arrival in Washington Señora de Grassi immediately established relations with the headquarters of the InterAmerican Commission of Women and has been supplying the Commission with interesting information on women's activities in Uruguay.

Women elected to Venezuelan
Constituent Assembly

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In the Venezuelan elections of October 27, 1946, the first in which the right to vote was exercised by both men and women, twelve women were elected to the Constituent Assembly. Among them were Dr. Panchita Soublette, a lawyer and leading member of the organization known as Women's Action (Acción Femenina), and Señorita Ana Luisa Llovera, who occupies an important post in the Executive Offices of Venezuela. Both were elected from the Federal District.

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Pan American Union NOTES

Election of officers

THE GOVERNING BOARD

AT ITS regular session of November 6, 1946, the Governing Board of the Pan American Union elected Dr. Antonio Rocha, Special Representative of Colombia, Chairman for the ensuing year.

On the first ballot, the Hon. Spruille Braden, Assistant Secretary of State and United States Representative on the Board, was unanimously elected Chairman but immediately declined the honor. He expressed his feeling that inasmuch as a citizen of the United States had always occupied the chair until last year, the choice should fall to some other country, in order to comply with the spirit of Resolution IX of the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace held at Chapultepec in 1945. This Resolution, on the Reorganization, Consolidation, and Strengthening of the Inter-American System, called for rotation of the Board's chairmanship.

A new vote was cast forthwith, which resulted in the unanimous election of Dr. Rocha.

Dr. Julián R. Cáceres, Ambassador of Honduras, was elected Vice Chairman at meeting held December 4.

Relations between inter-American and world organizations

At several recent meetings the Governing Board's Committee on the Organization of the Inter-American System studied the problem involving the relations between specialized inter-American organizations

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and world organizations of the same nature. During the course of its deliberations, the Committee reached the conclusion that it would be highly desirable to formulate certain basic principles which might serve to govern such relations and at the same time define the process that should be followed in establishing them.

With the Committee's report in hand, the Governing Board approved the following principles and recommended that they be incorporated in one of the projects on the organization of the Inter-American System now being formulated for consideration at the Ninth International Conference of American States which will meet at Bogotá in 1947.

1. The specialized inter-American organizations that function within the System shall establish the closest cooperative relations with similar world organizations, effectively coordinating and harmonizing their activities in order to achieve their common purposes.

2. Specialized inter-American organizations, on entering into agreements with international organizations of a world-wide character, shall maintain their identity and position as an integral part of the Inter-American System, even when exercising regional functions for the said international organizations.

3. The Governing Board of the Pan American Union, as the agency responsible for "the effective functioning of the Inter-American System and the solidarity and general welfare of the American Republics," shall intervene whenever it may deem

it necessary in the negotiation of any agreement between the specialized organizations of the interAmerican system and similar organizations of the world system, in order to preserve unity in the coordination of efforts and activities as among those organizations.

Inter-American Council of Cultural
Cooperation

A project on the establishment of an Inter-American Council of Cultural Cooperation was laid before the Governing Board by the aforementioned Committee. The project forms part of the general plan for the reorganization of the InterAmerican System provided for in Resolution IX of the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace. The Governing Board approved the Committee's recommendation that the project be transmitted to the respective governments for study and that on the basis of their replies, a definitive draft be prepared for submission to the Ninth International Conference of American States at Bogotá in 1947.

Annual Report of the Director General

The Director General of the Pan American Union, Dr. L. S. Rowe,1 presented to the Governing Board his Annual Report covering the fiscal year July 1, 1945– June 30, 1946. The report consisted of three parts as follows. I, Events of general Pan American significance during the fiscal year 1945-46; II, Report on the steps taken by the Pan American Union to give effect to the resolutions of the Eighth International Conference of American States and other recent InterAmerican Conferences; and III, Review of the work of the administrative divisions of the Pan American Union.

Relations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau with the World Health Organization

The above-mentioned Committee also presented to the Board a report dealing 1 Dr. Rowe died December 5, 1946.

with those articles of the constitution of the World Health Organization that affect the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, particularly the provisions contained in Article 54 of the new organization's constitution. The Committee proposed to the Board, and the latter approved, the designation of a permanent committee for the purpose of constantly observing developments in this particular case and others of a like nature, and of recommending to the Governing Board the measures which in its judgment might best serve the interests of the respective interAmerican organization and of the InterAmerican System in general.

Resolution of condolence

Unanimous approval was given by the Governing Board to the following resolution of condolence on the death of His Excellency, Dr. Alfredo Machado Hernández, Ambassador of Venezuela and Representative of his country on the Governing Board, which occurred Washington on August 3, 1946:

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WHEREAS, The Governing Board of the Pan American Union has learned with deep regret of the death of His Excellency, Señor Dr. Alfredo Machado Hernández, former Ambassador of Venezuela and Representative of Venezuela on the Governing Board;

WHEREAS, During his distinguished career Ambassador Machado Hernández showed constant interest in the cause of inter-American relations and in his death the Pan American Union has lost a valued collaborator,

The Governing Board of the Pan AmericaUnion

RESOLVES:

1. To place on the minutes of this meeting an expression of its profound regret at the death of His Excellency, Señor Dr. Alfredo Machado Hernández.

2. To request the Director General to transmit this resolution to the Government of Venezuela and to the family of Dr. Machado Hernández.

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