Editorial Note
On June 26, 1954, representatives of ten of the member states on the Council of the Organization of American States (Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and the United States) requested a meeting of Consultation of the American Foreign Ministers under Articles 6 and 11 of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance; for text of the letter of request, see the Department of State Bulletin, July 5, 1954, pages 131–132, or Annals of the Organization of American States, 1954, page 159. At a special meeting on June 28, 1954, the Council adopted a resolution authorizing a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs at Rio de Janeiro on July 7, 1954; for text, see ibid., pages 159–160. At a third special meeting, on July 2, 1954, the Council adopted a resolution postponing the proposed meeting sine die; for text of the resolution, see ibid., page 161.