The Inter-American Defense Board (IDB) was created in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the Third Consultative Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Relations of the 21 American Republics, which is now integrated into the Pan-American Union, by Resolution No. XXXIX of 28 January 1942.
As a first step for the implementation of Resolution XXXIX, the Council of Directors of the Pan-American Union entrusted a Special Commission, composed of the Ambassadors of Brazil, Venezuela and Panama to the United States, with the task of specifying the specialty of two officials who would integrate the Board. location where it would be installed.
The Special Committee proposes, for the integration of the JID, a Commission composed of Military, Naval and Aeronautical technicians, nominated by government members of the Pan-American Union, to study and suggest the defense of the continent, in virtue of the countries that represent the powers do Eixo in World War II.
As such, the Council Director of the Pan-American Union determined that the inaugural session of the JID would take place on March 30, 1942, in the Americas Room of the Pan-American Union in Washington DC, United States (currently the Main Building of the OAS). . This location was established as the provisional headquarters of the Inter-American Defense Board. In turn, the aforementioned date is reconfirmed as that on which the Inter-American Defense Board was formally constituted.
A few months after the inaugural session, the Council was established in the Federal Reserve Building, where it maintained its activities until September 1944. Lastly, it transferred its permanent desks to the New War Department Building, where it remained until 1949.
In August 1949, JID was installed under the name "Palácio Rosa", located on the corner of 16th Street and Euclid Street, in the city of Washington DC, where it held its first meeting on October 11, 1949.
The Board reformulated its regulations on June 12, 1951 and established a structure with a Presidency, a Vice-President, a Council of Delegates, as the board of directors; a State-Maior Geral, as a technical work organization and a Secretariat, as an administrative body.
In view of the need to expand knowledge and knowledge on the security and defense of the Hemisfério, in 1962, the Council of Delegates of the Board approved the creation of the Inter-American Defense College, incorporated as an organization of the JID on July 9, 1964, as Its facilities are located at Fort Lesley McNair, Washington DC, United States.
Based on resolution CP/RES. 417 (590/84), of November 1, 1984, the Permanent Council of the OAS carried out the reform of the facilities of the “Palácio Rosado”, which was concluded in 1986. In addition, based on the aforementioned document, the building was named “ Soldier's House.
During the XXXII Extraordinary Session Period, the General Assembly of the OAS approved the Statute of the Inter-American Defense Board, through resolution AG / RES.1 (XXXII-E/06), on March 15, 2006. At this time, at JID It was defined as an entity of the OAS and modified its organizational structure in three organizations: o Council of Delegates; Secretary of the Inter-American Defense College.
The Council of Delegates is the highest representative body of the JID, responsible for developing and adopting policies and activities, in accordance with the directors established by the General Assembly of the OAS, and for supervising the application of these policies, activities and directors by the Secretary and of the Inter-American Defense College.
The Secretary, among other functions, implements resolutions, directives and other decisions of the Council; provides secretarial services to the Council, committees, subcommittees, work groups and other subsidiary bodies; fulfills directors and other assignments; provides technical advice; custody of JID documents and files; prepares reports and develops cooperative relations with international organizations at global and regional levels.
The CID is committed to guaranteeing its students a rigorous higher education, which contributes to the future of multidimensional defense and security of the Americas, promoting quality education for high-level officials, through a permanent and multinational team of professors, the four languages of the Hemisphere.
In constant evolution, JID has the capacity to support the four pillars of the OAS: Democracy, Human Rights, Security and Development, with its main focus on the Security pillar.
