69. Editorial Note
The Second Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States convened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 29-November 16, 1963, to review the accomplishments of the Alliance for Progress. The Council met at the expert level October 29-November 10. Under Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman represented the United States at Ministerial-level sessions of the conference November 11-16. Addressing the Council on November 13, Harriman [Page 160] said that the United States had dispensed $2.3 billion in development assistance to Latin America since the establishment of the Alliance for Progress in August 1961. He urged the Latin American governments to develop well-conceived and technically sound projects within the framework of the Alliance. Before adjourning, the Council created an Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress (CIAP) to police the operations of the Alliance and make financial recommendations within it. For text of the resolution establishing CIAP, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1963, pages 342-347. Documentation is in Department of State, ARA/IPA Files: Lot 69 D 211, IA-ECOSOC: USDel to Annual Mtg. of the IA Econ. and Social Council at the Ministerial Level; Sao Paulo, Oct.-Nov. 1963, and ibid., ARA/USOAS Files: Lot 76 D 381, Second Annual Meeting Economic and Social Council, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1963.