Editorial Note
At a meeting on February 25, 1949, the Council of the Organization of American States adopted a resolution with all members voting in favor except Costa Rica which abstained. The representatives of the Dominican Republic and Haiti did not vote but indicated their acceptance of the resolution. After the vote, they pledged their governments to follow the course of pacific settlement of any disputes between them. The text of the resolution, as printed in Annals, 1949, page 219, read as follows:
“Whereas: During the course of the discussion that followed the request of February 15 presented by the Representative of the Government of Haiti; the Council noted with pleasure the statements affording a basis of hope that Haiti and the Dominican Republic may arrive at a friendly agreement through recourse to the peaceful procedures provided in applicable inter-American instruments,
The Council of the Organization States
Resolves:
- 1.
- To refrain, under the circumstances, from convoking the Organ of Consultation.
- 2.
- To express the hope that good relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic may be strengthened, and friendship between the two nations thus deepened.”