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

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

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

At OAS headquarters in Washington's Pan American Union, the debate raged for three days before the final vote came, and covered all the well-known arguments for sovereignty and nonintervention.

From Time Magazine Archive

The progress which has been made in composing the jarring relations among the American states is due in part to the Pan American Union and to the Pan American Conferences.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell