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Pan American Union

American  

noun

  1. a former organization of American republics dedicated to furthering understanding and peace: replaced in 1970 by the secretariat of the Organization of American States.


Pan American Union British  

noun

  1. the secretariat and major official agency of the Organization of American States

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He took jobs as a newsboy, cannery and packing shed laborer, social work aide, interpreter, Boys Club organizer, elementary school teacher, co-director of a progressive elementary school and education specialist with the Pan American Union.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2021

The whole lobbying effort will reach a high point this week when the treaty is signed at the Pan American Union building in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Washington's white-marbled Pan American Union building last week, frock-coated representatives of Nicaragua and Costa Rica squiggled their signatures on a treaty of friendship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, Lleras, now 41, got a job with even more scope; he was elected director general of the venerable Pan American Union.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Pan American Union has recently indorsed it.

From State of the Union Address by Coolidge, Calvin

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