Twenty-Ninth Lecture of The Series of the Americas
Josette Sheeran,
Executive Director of the World Food Program "Confronting
the Challenge of Global Food Crisis in the Americas"
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 3:00pm
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006
Twenty-Eighth Lecture of The Series of the Americas
James Anaya,
Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy "Indigenous
Peoples and their Contribution to the International
Human Rights System"
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 3:00pm
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006
Twenty-Sixth Lecture of The Series of the Americas
Eduardo Stein, Former Vice-President of Guatemala
(2004-2008)
"Political Strategy for Governance: The Importance of
the Regional Context"
Tuesday,
March 25, 2008 - 3:00pm
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006
Twenty-Third Lecture of The Series of the Americas
Mr. Kemal Derviş,
UNDP Administrator (United Nations Development
Programme) "Financial Markets, Social Justice
and Democracy: Where is the path toward equitable and
sustainable growth?"
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
- 3:00pm
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006
Twentieth
Lecture of The Series of the Americas
"Spain and the Americas: A Story for the Future”
Trinidad Jiménez,
Spain's Secretary of State for Ibero-America
Thursday, May 24
- 3:00pm
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006
Seventeenth Lecture Series of the Americas
Huguette Labelle,
Chancellor of the University of
Ottawa, Chair of the Board of Transparency International, Vice
President of Council of the International Union for the Conservation
of Nature "Beyond Words and Paper; "Why the Americas Must Act
Against Corruption"
November 28, 2006 - 3:00pm
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006
Sixteenth
Lecture Series of the Americas
George
Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management,
LLC and Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Institute "Challenges to Open Society"
Tuesday, October 3, 2006 - 3:00 PM
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006 More about Mr. Soros
Fifteenth
Lecture Series of the Americas
Jeffrey
Puryear, Vice President for Social Policy at the
Inter-American Dialogue; and Director of the Inter-American Dialogue's
Education Program - the Partnership for Educational Revitalization
in the Americas (PREAL)
"Educational Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean"
Fourteenth
Lecture Series of the Americas
Mr.
Nicholas Negroponte, Founder and Chairman
of One Laptop per Child; Co-founder
and Former Director of the MIT Media Laboratory
“One
Laptop per Child"
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 11 am
Organization of American States, Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW.
,Washington, DC 20006
The Lecture Series of the Americas was established
in September 2004, through Permanent Council
Resolution
870 (1446/04), in an effort by the OAS member states to enrich
the hemispheric debate on key issues on the inter-American agenda
by hosting monthly conferences where prominent intellectuals from
throughout the world share their experiences and expertise with
the public at-large. An expert panel convenes following each lecture
to discuss the speaker’s presentation.
The objective is to reach out to every possible
citizen interested in the Americas. The lectures, which are usually
held every third Tuesday of the month from 3:00 to 5:00pm (depending
on the availability of the speaker) are transmitted live via television,
radio and the Internet, in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese,
and subsequent on-line and class-room discussions on the conference
theme are encouraged by governments, academic institutions, and
civil society.
Using the twelve monthly lectures of the Lectures
Series of the Americas as a point of departure, the Department
of External Relations has developed another program with special
events, which are broadcast through the Voice of America every
Tuesday or Thursday between 3:00 and 4:00 pm. This comprehensive
program includes the live monthly lecture of the OAS Lecture Series,
followed by weekly pre-recorded roundtable sessions with members
of the diplomatic and academic communities who address the main
themes that emerge from the monthly lectures, as well as other
priority issues on the inter-American agenda.
In 2005, the Department of External Relations
boasted a host of highly respected and renowned speakers, including
President Jimmy Carter; Enrique Iglesias, former President of
the Inter-American Development Bank; Philippe Kirsch, President
of the International Criminal Court; John Taylor, former Under
Secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs; Derek
Walcott, Nobel Literature Laureate; Alejandro Miró Quesada,
President of the Inter-American Press Association; José
Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General; President Felipe Gonzalez
of Spain; Sir George Alleyne, Director Emeritus of the Pan-American
Health Organization; and His Excellency Cheng Siwei, Vice President
of the National Congress of the People’s Republic of China,
the Economist Jeffrey Sachs, Former President Henrique Cardoso,
and Judge Baltasar Garzon.
Moreover, and particularly important, the Lecture
series affords the Department of External Relations the opportunity
to create stronger bonds linking the media in your country to
the work of the OAS. I would also very much appreciate it if you
could contact radio and television stations in your country to
inquire about their interest in transmitting the program either
live or at a subsequent time.
For more information about the Lecture Series
of the Americas, you can visit our web site at
www.oas.org/lecture.
Lecture Series of the Americas
