§ 280h. — Representation in Caribbean Commission; appointment of commissioners and alternates.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC280h]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER VIII--CARIBBEAN COMMISSION
Sec. 280h. Representation in Caribbean Commission; appointment
of commissioners and alternates
The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the
United States in the Caribbean Commission, created by ``An agreement for
the establishment of the Caribbean Commission,'' signed in Washington on
October 30, 1946, by representatives of the Governments of the French
Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and to
appoint the United States Commissioners, and their alternates, thereto.
(Mar. 4, 1948, ch. 97, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 66.)
Purpose of Commission
In defining the purposes of act Mar. 4, 1948, Congress stated that:
``Whereas representatives of the Governments of the French Republic,
the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, and the United States of America signed `An Agreement
for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission' in Washington on
October 30, 1946, which agreement continued and extended the
international cooperative arrangements initiated in 1942 between the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United
States; and
``Whereas the purpose of the Caribbean Commission is to encourage
and strengthen international cooperation in promoting the economic and
social welfare and advancement of the non-self-governing territories in
the Caribbean area, whose economic and social development is of vital
interest to the security of the United States, in accordance with the
principles set forth in chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations:
Therefore be it''.
Acceptance of Caribbean Organization Agreement
Pub. L. 87-73, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 194, provided: ``That the
President is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the Government of
the United States of America the `Agreement for the Establishment of the
Caribbean Organization' signed at Washington on June 21, 1960, by
representatives of the Governments of the Republic of France, the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, and the United States of America; that the
participation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
of the United States in the Caribbean Organization is hereby authorized;
that the Caribbean Organization shall, upon promulgation by the
President of an Executive order to this effect, be entitled to the
privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the International
Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669; 22 U.S.C. 288); and that the
Secretary of State is hereby authorized to appoint or designate a United
States observer to the Caribbean Organization.''
Termination of Caribbean Commission
Article III of the Agreement of the Establishment of the Caribbean
Organization provides that ``On the termination of the Agreement for the
establishment of the Caribbean Commission, signed at Washington on
October 30, 1946, the assets of the Caribbean Commission shall be and
are by virtue of this Agreement transferred to and vested in the
Caribbean Organization. The Caribbean Organization is hereby authorized
to assume at the same time the liabilities of the Caribbean Commission
and shall be regarded as the successor body to the Caribbean
Commission.''
Article IV of such Agreement provides that ``The Agreement for the
establishment of the Caribbean Commission shall terminate at the end of
the first meeting of the Caribbean Council provided for in the Statute
annexed to this Agreement.''
Ex. Ord. No. 10609. Delegation of Authority To Appoint Alternate
Commissioners
Ex. Ord. No. 10609, May 7, 1955, 20 F.R. 3147, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of
the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and as President of the United
States, it is ordered that the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby,
designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval,
ratification, or other action of the President, so much of the authority
vested in the President by the first section of the Joint Resolution of
March 4, 1948, entitled ``Joint Resolution providing for membership and
participation by the United States in the Caribbean Commission and
authorizing an appropriation therefor'' (62 Stat. 66; 22 U.S.C. 280h) as
consists of authority to appoint alternate United States Commissioners
to the Caribbean Commission.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
