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            <NameColumnValue>Lt. Gen. Werther Araya Menghini (</NameColumnValue>
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              <Paragraph>The Inter-American Defense Board is the oldest permanently constituted, international military organization in the world. It was founded by Resolution XXXIX of the Meeting of Foreign Ministers at Rio de Janeiro in January 1942. The Board is governed according to Statutes that the General Assembly of the Organization of American States approved in March 2006. Senior armed forces officers from the member nations staff the various agencies of the Board. Its three major components are the Council of Delegates, the Secretariat, and the Inter-American Defense College.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Inter-American Defense College, founded in 1962, prepares senior military officers and civilian functionaries for positions in their respective governments. The College provides an 11-month, professionally-oriented, multidisciplinary, graduate-level course of study focusing on the Western Hemisphere's most pressing defense and security issues.</Paragraph>
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