Special Message to the Senate Transmitting Charter of the Organization of American States.
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the Charter of the Organization of American States, formulated at the Ninth International Conference of American States, and signed at Bogota, Colombia, in the English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish languages on April 30, 1948, by the plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and by the plenipotentiaries of the other American Republics.
I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report which the Acting Secretary of State has addressed to me in regard to the Charter above mentioned, together with a copy of the report of the United States delegation on the Bogota Conference.
The principles, purposes, and provisions of the Charter have my complete and wholehearted approval and I am happy to recommend the Charter to the favorable consideration of the Senate.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Note: The Charter was favorably considered by the Senate on August 28, 1950, and after ratification entered into force on December 13, 1951. It was proclaimed by the President on December 27, 1951.
The Charter and related documents are printed in Executive A (81st Cong. 1st sess.).
Harry S Truman, Special Message to the Senate Transmitting Charter of the Organization of American States. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/230222