Approval of the Rules of Internal Procedure The Assembly approved the Rules of Internal Procedure, which were drawn up in the form in which they appear in the annex to the present Act. Examination of the Report of the Committee on Credentials In accordance with the provisions of article 2 of the Rules of Internal Procedure, the Organizing Committee acted as a Committee on Credentials and submitted the respective reports, which were duly examined and approved. Casting of Lots for the Order of Precedence Venezuela El Salvador Honduras Chile Haiti Uruguay Nicaragua Ecuador Paraguay United States of America Designation of Officers Thereupon, the Delegates designated, by acclamation, His Excellency Angel Biaggini, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Chairman of the Delegation of Venezuela, and Manuel Arocha as President and Secretary General of the Conference, respectively. By virtue of the provisions of article 4 of the Rules of Internal Procedure, His Excellency Roberto Guirola L., Minister of Agriculture and Chairman of the Delegation of Guatemala, assumed the Vice Presidency. Election of the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Technical Commissions In accordance with the provisions of article 5 of the Rules of Internal Procedure, the Assembly proceeded to elect Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Technical Commissions. The following Delegates were elected: COMMISSION I H. E. Luis Tamayo, Chairman of the Colombian Delegation H. E. Julián Murguía, Delegate of Uruguay H. E. Germán Alvarez Fuentes, Chairman of the Cuban Delegation H. E. Leslie A. Wheeler, Vice Chairman of the United States Delegation H. E. Antonio Pino R., Chairman of the Panamanian Delegation H. E. Rodolfo García Arias, Chairman of the Argentine Delegation H. E. Marte R. Gómez, Chairman of the Mexican Delegation H. E. Víctor Moller, Chairman of the Chilean Delegation H. E. Julio Zuazo Cuenca, Chairman of the Bolivian Delegation H. E. Newton de Castro Belleza, Chairman of the Brazilian Delegation H. E. José Joaquín Peralta, Chairman of the Costa Rican Delegation H. E. Roberto Alvarez Calderón, Chairman of the Peruvian Delegation INAUGURAL SESSION On July 24, the birthday of the Liberator, at eleven a.m., the solemn opening session of the Conference, attended by His Excellency General Isaías Medina Angarita, President of the United States of Venezuela, was held. After the Secretary read the messages of greeting received, His Excellency Angel Biaggini, President of the Conference, delivered the inaugural address, in which he emphasized the importance of the Conference. His Excellency Luis Tamayo, Minister of National Economy and Chairman of the Delegation of Colombia, in reply to the abovementioned address, greeted the Venezuelan Government and people and thanked them in the name of the Assembly. In conclusion, he proposed the designation of General Isaías Medina Angarita as Honorary President of the Conference, which proposal was approved by acclamation. Thereupon, His Excellency the President of the United States of Venezuela declared the Third Inter-American Conference on Agriculture formally inaugurated. COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS The Committee on Resolutions was to be composed of the Chairmen of the Delegations, together with the Officers of the Conference, and the Honorable Leslie A. Wheeler, Delegate of the United States of America, was elected Rapporteur. COMMITTEE ON STYLE President: H. E. Jorge Carrera Andrade, Ecuador H. E. Rafael García Mata, Argentina TECHNICAL COMMISSIONS Commission I: Money and Agriculture President: H. E. Luis Tamayo, Chairman of the Colombian Delegation Vice President: H. E. Julián Murguía, Delegate of Uruguay H. E. Horacio Vicioso, Delegate of the Dominican Republic H. E. Federico Rölz Bennett COLOMBIA H. E. Santiago Rivas Camacho Mr. Eduardo Escovar G. PANAMA H. E. Ramón A. Vega H. E. Pascual Gutiérrez Roldán BOLIVIA H. E. Julio Zuazo Cuenca CUBA Delegates: H. E. Casto Ferragut H. E. Antonio Valdés Rodríguez H. E. Arturo Morales PERU H. E. Guillermo Málaga B. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC H. E. Horacio Vicioso Soto ARGENTINA H. E. Ismael F. Alchourron H. E. Ovidio V. Schiopetto Mr. Milton Trindade VENEZUELA H. E. Jesús María Herrera Mendoza Advisers: Mr. Hermann Nass EL SALVADOR H. E. René David Escalante H. E. Francisco Alvarado Gallegos CHILE Delegate: H. E. Víctor Moller URUGUAY H. E. Julián Murguía NICARAGUA H. E. Alberto Sevilla Sacasa ECUADOR H. E. Roberto Levi PARAGUAY H. E. Rafael Isava Núñez UNITED STATES H. E. Homer J. Henney H. E. Howard R. Tolley Mr. H. Gerald Smith Mr. Scott S. McCloskey Honorable Luis Gonzalo Marturet Honorable Cap. Claudio Bruzual Bermúdez INTERNATIONAL LABOR OFFICE Representative: Honorable Mukdim Osmay UNITED NATIONS INTERIM COMMISSION ON FOOD AND AGRI CULTURE Representative: Honorable L. A. H. Peters Commission II: Present Agricultural Production and Its Adjustments to the Post-War Period President: Cuban Delegation United States of America H. E. G. N. Luis A. Somoza D., Delegate of the Republic of Nicaragua H. E. Luis Urruela M. Mr. Enrique Asturias Beltranena |