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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

In 1910 the organization got its present Spanish-colonial-style headquarters in Washington and a permanent secretariat, the Pan American Union.

From Time Magazine Archive

They heard Dr. Pedro de Alba, Mexican Ambassador to Chile and former assistant director of the Pan American Union, declare that Bol�var's spirit now lives in the 55-nation Assembly of the United Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

His show of 43 ink drawings and watercolors at Washington's Pan American Union caused one old lady to ask: "How can you be so young and so morbid?"

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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