On November 7th, the Institutional Relations Section of the
Department of External Relations organized an OAS briefing
for 20 Dutch United
Nations Students from the University of Leiden, the
Netherlands. The students received a tour of the
Historic Main Building by Aline Hommes, Specialist,
Department of External Relations and a comprehensive OAS
briefing by Irene Klinger, Director, Department of External
Relations, and Magdalena Talamas, Chief, Public Relations.
Barbara Kotschwar, Chief, Foreign Trade Information Section,
Department of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness gave them
an overview on SICE, the OAS Foreign Trade Information
System website. The Netherlands is one of the principal
donors of the Permanent Observer Countries to the
Organization of American States.