The Conferences of American States, commonly referred to as the Pan-American Conferences, were meetings of the Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade and other issues. They were first introduced by James G. Blaine of Maine in order to establish closer ties between the United States and its southern neighbors, specifically Latin America. Blaine hoped that ties between the USA and its southern counterparts would open Latin American markets to U.S. trade. International summits have been held in the following cities:
| Dates / Year [1] | City | Results |
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| October 2, 1889 – April 1890 | Washington (First International Conference of American States) |
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| October 22, 1901 – January 31, 1902 | Mexico City (2nd) | |
| July 21 – August 26, 1906 | Rio de Janeiro (3rd) | |
| July 12 – August 30, 1910 | Buenos Aires (4th) | |
| March 25 – May 3, 1923 | Santiago (5th) | Treaty to avoid or prevent Conflicts between the American States (May 3, 1923) |
| January 16 – February 20, 1928 | Havana (6th) |
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| December 3–26, 1933 | Montevideo (7th) |
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| December 9–27, 1938 | Lima (8th) | |
| March 30 – May 2, 1948 | Bogota (9th) | |
| March 1–28, 1954 | Caracas (10th) | |
| February 1960 | Quito (11th) | |
| 1967 | Buenos Aires | |
| 1985 | Cartagena de Indias | |
| December 1994 | Miami | |
| 1996 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
| 1998 | Santiago | |
| 2001 | Québec City |
The Conferences trace their origins back to earlier Pan-American summits held as follows:
| Dates / Year | City |
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| June 22, 1826 | Panama City Congress of Panama |
| December 1847 – March 1, 1848 | Lima |
| September 1856 | Santiago |
| November 1864 | Lima |
The 9th Pan-American Conference was led by General George C. Marshall, in which the Organization of American States was created.