OAS
briefings are offered to diplomats, government officials,
military officers, university faculty, policy analysts
and students, as well as to the general public. The briefings
are given by the Director of the Department of External
Relations, Irene Klinger, and senior specialists from
the various departments of the organization. Briefings
are tailored to the specific interests of the visiting
groups, covering political, social, legal and economic
issues in the Americas as well as the work of the organization.
These briefings include tours of the facilities and an
historical overview of the organization. For more information
on OAS briefings, please contact Irene Klinger, Director,
Department of External Relations at (202) 458-6072 or
iklinger@oas.org
On February
28, fourteen participants of the Phelps Stokes
Fund on Anti-Corruption and Accountability were
given a tour of the OAS Historic Building by
Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. Irene Klinger, Director, Department
of External Relations briefed the group on the
OAS. Enrique Martinez, Legal Officer, Office of
Legal Cooperation covered Anti-Corruption and
Transparency, and Rafael Franzini of the
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
spoke to the group about money laundering.
FEBRUARY 27, 2007
On February
27, twenty members of the Fundación
Universitaria
del Rio de la Plata (FURP) from Argentina were
briefed and given a tour of the OAS by Aline
Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. The Young Americans Business Trust, a
group affiliated with the OAS that promotes the
development of young entrepreneurs in the
Americas, briefed the group.
FEBRUARY 26, 2007
On February
26, the Institutional Relations section of
External Relations organized a briefing for
students from Washington College of Law. Aline
Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations led the group on a tour of the OAS
Historic Building, The briefing included an OAS
Overview by Jane Thery, Chief of Institutional
Relations, human rights issues were discussed by
Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Senior Specialist on
Women’s Human Rights, and OAS legal issues with
Lou Ferrand, Legal Advisor to the Secretary
General and Director of Legal Services of the
Organization.
FEBRUARY 20, 2007
On February
20th, the Institutional Relations section of the
Department of External Relations briefed a group
of students from Montgomery College. The
students were given a tour of the OAS Historic
Building led by Aline Hommes, Specialist,
Department of External Relations, and an
Overview on the Organization. The group was also
briefed by Richard Huber, Chief of Conservation,
Department of Sustainable Development.
FEBRUARY 15, 2007
On February
15, interns from various departments of the OAS
headquarters in Washington, DC were given an
overview of the organization and tour of the
Historic Main Building on February 15 by Aline
Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. The group included 70 interns from
throughout the Americas. The interns also
visited the Art Museum where Fabian Goncalves
gave a tour of the new exposition “Meringue,”
and the OAS Library, where they were given an
overview by Estella Villagran.
FEBRUARY 13, 2007
On February
13, the Institutional Relations section of the
Department of External Relations organized a
briefing for 8 members of Multilingual
Solutions, which provides foreign language
services to government, corporate, and
individual clients throughout the United
States. The group received a tour of the OAS
Historic Main Building by Aline Hommes,
Specialist, Department of External Relations.
The group was also briefed by Minister Ricardo
Navarrete of the Mexican Mission to the OAS.
FEBRUARY
12, 2007
On February
12, the Institutional Relations section of the
Department of External Relations organized a
briefing for The Washington Center for
Internships. This group included 38 interns from the
Americas and Puerto Rico. The students received
a tour of the OAS Historic Main Building by
Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. The group was also briefed by Kevin
Isaac, Advisor to the Assistant Secretary
General and Rosana Martinelli, Specialist,
Department of Social Development & Employment.
FEBRUARY 2, 2007
The Institutional Relations
Section of the Department of External Relations
organized a briefing for the Philadelphia
Delegation to HACIA Democracy’s Summit of the
Americas 2007 Meeting. This group included 28
students, teachers and advisors from 6 high
schools in the Philadelphia area. The students
received a tour of the OAS Historic Main
Building by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department
of External Relations, an OAS Overview briefing
by Jane Thery, Chief of Institutional Relations
and a briefing on Democracy by Pablo Zuniga,
Principal Specialist, Department for the
Promotion of Governance, Secretariat for
Political Affairs. Also invited to the briefing
was Cathy Russell, External Affairs, Latin
American and the Caribbean, The World Bank who
gave an Overview on the work of the World Bank
in Latin America.
FEBRUARY 1, 2007
Class 46 with Eighty military
officers from the member countries of the
Hemisphere enrolled at the Inter-American
Defense College received a briefing at the
Organization of American States on Thursday,
February 1st. Irene Klinger, Director,
Department of External Relations welcomed the
Students and Advisors and gave them an Overview
on the Organization. Steven Griner, Principal
Specialist of The Department for the Promotion
of Democracy, explained the work of the
Secretariat for Political Affairs. Human Rights
was covered by Maria Claudia Pulido, Principal
Specialist of the Inter American Commission on
Human Rights, and Carol Fuller, Secretary,
Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE),
covered the Secretariat for Multidimensional
Security and finalized the briefing with
emphasis on CICAD, CICTE and the Department for
the Prevention of Threats against Public
Security. The Briefing was moderated by Aline
Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations.
