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.

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Pan American Union British  

noun

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

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Pan American Union

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

Major item in the agenda: a new Organic Pact of the Americas, which would give the Pan American Union more power, place political and military matters under its wing.

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

Then, at 10:30, Career Man Daniels, who has worked all over Latin America in 20 years of foreign service, hustled off to the Pan American Union to tackle his toughest assignment of the moment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uncle Ted has influence at Washington, with the Pan American Union, and so on––why, we can get anything we want!

From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking