The InterAmerican System

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The Inter-American System
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Basic Components

• The Organization of American States (OAS)
• The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) IADB
• The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal
  Assistance Regime (a.k.a., the Rio Treaty)

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The OAS Member States

• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United States of America
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba ()
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala

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Key Dates

• 1959 Creation of the Inter-American Commission
  on Human Rights.
• 1961Signing of the Charter of Punta del Este,
  which launched the Alliance for Progress.
• 1986Creation of the Inter-American Drug Abuse
  Control Commission (CICAD).
• 1991Adoption of Resolution 1080, which set up
  procedures to react to threats to democracy in
  the hemisphere.
• 1994First Summit of the Americas, which
  reaffirmed the OAS role strengthening democracy
  and established new priorities for the
  Organization.
• 1996Establishment of the Inter-American Council
  for Integral Development.
• 1997Ratification of the Protocol of Washington,
  which gives the OAS the right to suspend a member
  state whose democratically elected government is
  overthrown by force.
• 1998Second Summit of the Americas and creation
  of what is now called the OAS Summits of the
  Americas Department.
• 2001Third Summit of the Americas. The
  hemispheres leaders instructed the OAS General
  Assembly to prepare an Inter-American Democratic
  Charter, which was adopted on September 11 in
  Lima, Peru.
• 2002Inter-American Convention against Terrorism
  opened for signature at OAS General Assembly in
  Barbados. (It entered into effect in 2003.)

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Current Policy Concerns

• Codification of International and Inter-American
  law
• Non-intervention and sovereign equality
• Peace and Security
• Representative Democracy and Human Rights
• Economic Cooperation
• Opposition to Drug Traffic
• Environmental Protection

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What Does the IDB Do?

• The Inter-American Development Bank helps
  foster sustainable economic and social
  development in Latin America and the Caribbean
  through its lending operations, leadership in
  regional initiatives, research and knowledge
  dissemination activities, institutes and
  programs.
• Source http//www.iadb.org/aboutus/II/index.cfm?
  languageEnglish

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IDB Member Countries

• The IDB was founded in 1959 as a partnership
  between 19 Latin American countries and the
  United States. The original member countries were
  Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
  Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
  Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico,
  Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay,
  Venezuela and the United States.
• Source http//www.iadb.org/

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IDB Member Countries

• Argentina El Salvador Norway
• Austria Finland Panama
• Bahamas France Paraguay
• Barbados Germany Peru
• Belgium Guatemala Portugal
• Belize Guyana Slovenia
• Bolivia Haiti Spain
• Brazil Honduras Suriname
• Canada Israel Sweden
• Chile Italy Switzerland
• Colombia Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
• Costa Rica Japan United Kingdom
• Croatia Korea, Republic of United States
• Denmark Mexico Uruguay
• Dominican Republic Netherlands Venezuela
• Ecuador Nicaragua

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Specific IDB Goals

• To achieve environmentally sustainable economic
  growth.
• Increase competitiveness
• Enhance social equity and fight poverty.
• Modernize the state.
• Foster free trade and regional integration.

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Scope

• By the end of 2006, the Bank had approved over
  145 billion in loans and guarantees to finance
  projects with investments totaling 336 billion,
  as well as 2.2 billion in grants and
  contingent-recovery technical cooperation
  financing.
• Source http//www.iadb.org/aboutus/II/index.cfm?
  languageEnglish