Inter-American High Commission

Inter-American High Commission, Haut Commissariat Inter-Américain
Founded: 23/5/1915
Sources: HB 1923, HB 1925, HB 1929

Officers

The sections are all independent, but the Executive Officers of the United States Section constitute a Central Executive Council, which serves as a clearing-house for the exchange of documents and correspondence. HB 1929: The Chairman of the Executive Council is the Chairman of the United States Section, William F. Whiting. The office of the Secretary is in the care of the Chairman.

• Herbert Hoover President of the Executive Committee (President) 1923-1929 : President of United States Section
• Wesley Livsey Jones Vice-President of the Executive Committee (Vice President) 1923-1929
• Prof. John Bassett Moore Founder
• William F. Whiting Chairman of the Executive Committee (President) 1929

Seats

• Building of the Department of Commerce: Washington D.C.: United States of America
  Central Executive Council of the Inter-American High Commission
• Hurley-Wright Building: Washington D.C.: United States of America
  HB 1929

Congresses

• 1916-1916 Buenos Aires: Argentina

Object

(a) Simplification des douanes et autres mesures administratives fiscales touchant le commerce interaméricain ; (b) harmonisation et dans certains cas unification des principes de droit commercial dans les pays américains, (c) stabilisation du change interaméricain et facilitation des opérations bancaires et des relations financières entre les pays américains. HB 1925: d) établir et exécuter le programme de la conférence internationale des Etats américains en matières concernant le but et le travail du Haut Commissariat inter-américain. HB 1929: (a) To harmonise and simplify Customs and other fiscal regulations affecting inter- American commerce; (b) to encourage closer commercial relations, especially through unification of the principles of commercial law of the American countries; (c) to facilitate sound banking and financial relations between the American countries ; etc.

Finances

Chaque section est maintenue par une allocation faite par chaque Parlement national. La Section des États-Unis a reçu une allocation annuelle de$ 25.000,00 depuis 1918, ayant eu $ 40.000,00 pour la période 1916-18. HB 1929: Each section is supported by an appropriation made by its respective National Legislature. From 1918 to 1922 an annual appropriation of $25,000 was made, and from that time to the present the sums have varied from §15,000 to $25,000.

General facts

La Commission doit son existence à l'initiative et aux efforts de l'Hon. John Bassett Moore, membre de la Cour permanente de Justice internationale qui fut Vice-Président de la Commission, à partir de 1915 jusqu'à son élection à la Cour. The Commission owes its existence to John Bassett Moore, a former member of the Permanent Court of International Justice, who was its Vice-Chairman from 1915 until his election to the Court (HB 1929).

Activities

La Commission plénière s'est réunie à Buenos-Aires du 3 au 12 avril 1916. Des réunions de sections particulières ont lieu de temps en temps dans des pays adjacents. Publications en espagnol, occasionnellement aussi en anglais ou en portugais. HB 1929: The entire Commission met at Buenos Aires in 1916. Partial meetings of Sections in adjacent countries occur from time to time. Publications are printed in English and Spanish, and occasionally Portuguese.

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