Press Releases 2009 May 28, 2009: TRANS-ATLANTIC MAYORS CONFER IN SWEDEN TO IMPROVE DRUG TREATMENT SERVICES April 29, 2009: OAS AND SPAIN SIGN MEMORANDUM ON ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS April 22, 2009: FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND MARY ROBINSON INVITES OAS MEMBERS TO LEAD ON HUMAN RIGHTS March 24, 2009: "THE QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE IN THE AMERICAS HAS IMPROVED, BUT IS STILL VERY FAR FROM THE CITIZENS' EXPECTATIONS" March 23, 2009: LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REPORT 2009, PREPARED BY OECD, WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE OAS March 20, 2009: COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS REPORT OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT March 18, 2009: SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE: REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS "THE KEY IS WHAT WE DO, NOT WHAT WE PREACH" March 13, 2009: TERRY DAVIS, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, TO SPEAK AT OAS ABOUT UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS February 24, 2009: LATINOBAROMETRO WILL PRESENT AT THE OAS THE RESULTS OF ITS 2008 REPORT February 17, 2009: THE THIRTEENTH OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE WILL COMMEMORATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION ON SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS February 2, 2009: BELGIUM SUPPORTS OAS MINE ACTION ACTIVITIES IN THE PERU-ECUADOR BORDER January 30, 2009: LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS WILL CENTER ON THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE NEW ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE HEMISPHERE January 12, 2009: "IN THE SHORT TERM, THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WILL IMPACT OUR COUNTRIES' QUALITY OF LIFE," AFFIRMED IDB PRESIDENT DURING OAS CONFERENCE January 8, 2009: PRESIDENT OF THE IDB WILL SPEAK AT OAS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AMERICAS 2008 December 9, 2008: AT OAS FORUM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK RECOMMENDS TRANSFORMING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES December 4, 2008: THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY PLEDGES OVER €200,000 TO OAS PROJECTS December 3, 2008: THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK, ROBERT B. ZOELLICK WILL BE THE MAIN SPEAKER AT A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS November 3, 2008: OAS AND ILO WILL HOST A ROUNDTABLE ON "YOUTH, DECENT WORK AND PROSPERITY IN THE AMERICAS" October 29, 2008: ETHANOL PRESENTS "EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY" TO CHANGE ENERGY MATRIX, SAYS FORMER BRAZILIAN MINISTER October 23, 2008: OAS HOSTS LUNCHEON FOR WASHINGTON DC PARTNER INSTITUTIONS September 26, 2008: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS WITH CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR September 17, 2008: AT OAS ROUNDTABLE, US SENATOR CALLS FOR LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRUST September 15, 2008: U.S. SENATORS SPEAK ABOUT HEMISPHERIC RELATIONS AT OAS HEADQUARTERS July 30, 2008: IN OAS KEYNOTE LECTURE ON FOOD CRISIS, WFP CHIEF PROPOSES EARLY WARNING SYSTEM July 23, 2008: NEXT OAS LECTURE TO FOCUS ON 'CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGE OF THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS IN THE AMERICAS' July 14, 2008: AT MODEL ASSEMBLY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, SECRETARY GENERAL TOUTS RELEVANCE OF OAS July 11, 2008: THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY CONTRIBUTES ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO OAS HUMANITARIAN DEMINING PROGRAMS IN THE HEMISPHERE June 17, 2008: KOREA AND FRANCE ANNOUNCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT OAS INITIATIVES IN THE AMERICAS June 17, 2008: ITALY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ACTION AGAINST ANTIPERSONNEL MINES AND THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS June 13, 2008: OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE LAUNCHES UNDP REPORT 'MAKING THE LAW WORK FOR EVERYONE' June 11, 2008: OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE TO LAUNCH REPORT: 'MAKING THE LAW WORK FOR EVERYONE' April 15, 2008: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO OAS HECTOR MORALES KEYNOTES CLOSING SESSION OF MODEL OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS April 14, 2008: LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN AND EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT FOR PERU IN MAY April 14, 2008: NEXT CONFERENCE IN LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS TO SPOTLIGHT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW April 8, 2008: MODEL OAS ASSEMBLY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OPENS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. April 1, 2008: BILL RICHARDSON CALLS FOR NEW ALLIANCE BETWEEN U.S. AND THE AMERICAS March 26, 2008: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES NEW SECRETARIATS March 25, 2008: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA SEES PROGRESS IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN THE REGION March 20, 2008: EDUARDO STEIN, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA, TO SPEAK AT OAS March 18, 2008: OAS SECRETARY GENERAL WILL IMPLEMENT A MECHANISM TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE BETWEEN ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA March 3, 2008: COLOMBIA-ECUADOR SITUATION: INSULZA SAYS CRISIS SHOULD BE RESOLVED ON THE BASIS OF GOVERNING COEXISTENCE PRINCIPLES February 14, 2008: MEETING OF MR. BERNARD KOUCHER WITH MR. JOSE MIGUEL INSULZA, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) (Release from the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs) January 22, 2008: CHINA MAKES CONTRIBUTION TO OAS FOR JUDICIAL COOPERATION AND THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT 2007 December 17, 2007: JOSEPH STIGLITZ TO SPEAK AT 25TH LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS December 12, 2007: STUDENTS FROM THE AMERICAS DEBATE ISSUES OF INTER-AMERICAN AGENDA DURING XXV MODEL OF THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY December 4, 2007: MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR OF THE D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE MODEL OAS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS November 30, 2007: FOR NEXT OAS KEYNOTE LECTURE, HIGH RANKING BRAZILIAN OFFICIAL SPEAKS ON COMBATING RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION November 27, 2007: OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN THE AMERICAS November 26, 2007: AT BRUSSELS SEMINAR, OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR ANNUAL DONORS' CONFERENCE AS PART OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION October 26, 2007: NORWEGIAN CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTS OAS DEMINING PROGRAMS IN THE AMERICAS October 5, 2007: AT RICE UNIVERSITY, OAS OFFICIAL URGES MORE FOCUS ON POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES October 1, 2007: OAS AND IDB STUDY MECHANISMS TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE AMERICAS August 3, 2007: OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION RECEIVES FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM FRANCE July 10, 2007: OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THANKS ITALY'S FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION July 3, 2007: OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THANKS KOREA'S FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION June 26, 2007: ITALY CONTRIBUTES FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS June 3, 2007: OBSERVER COUNTRIES REITERATE SUPPORT FOR OAS PROGRAMS May 1, 2007: ISRAEL REITERATES ITS STRONG SUPPORT FOR OAS PROGRAMS April 9, 2007: ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL BRIEFS BRITISH PERMANENT OBSERVER March 27, 2007: TURKEY CONTRIBUTES FUNDS FOR OAS STUDY ON PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS February 20, 2007: OAS AND EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOIN FORCES TO ADDRESS CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG DEPENDENCY February 9, 2007: DENMARK CONTRIBUTES TO OAS EFFORTS ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 2006 December 15, 2006: ITALY CONTRIBUTES TO LANDMINE-CLEARING IN COLOMBIA November 13, 2006: KOREA PRESENTS A DONATION TO THE OAS FOR ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION IN PERU November 6, 2006: PAIN SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COURT September 26, 2006: KOREA CONTRIBUTES TO OAS ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION September 18, 2006: JAPAN’S FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR OAS PROGRAM BOOSTS NICARAGUAN ELECTORAL PROCESS September 12, 2006: GREEK FINANCIAL BOOST FOR OAS PROGRAMS TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND FOR HEMISPHERIC LECTURE SERIES August 3, 2006: REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTRIBUTES COMPUTERS TO SCHOOLS IN NICARAGUA AND PANAMA August 1, 2006: CHINA CONTINUES COOPERATION WITH THE OAS July 27, 2006: SWEDEN CONTRIBUTES $800,000 FOR HUMANITARIAN DEMINING AND SUPPORT FOR LANDMINE VICTIMS IN NICARAGUA June 4, 2006: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC June 4, 2006: OAS MEMBER STATES HOLD DIALOGUE WITH PRIVATE SECTOR, PERMANENT OBSERVERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
2009
May 28, 2009: TRANS-ATLANTIC MAYORS CONFER IN SWEDEN TO IMPROVE DRUG TREATMENT SERVICES
April 29, 2009: OAS AND SPAIN SIGN MEMORANDUM ON ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS
April 22, 2009: FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND MARY ROBINSON INVITES OAS MEMBERS TO LEAD ON HUMAN RIGHTS
March 24, 2009: "THE QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE IN THE AMERICAS HAS IMPROVED, BUT IS STILL VERY FAR FROM THE CITIZENS' EXPECTATIONS"
March 23, 2009: LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REPORT 2009, PREPARED BY OECD, WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE OAS
March 20, 2009: COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS REPORT OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT
March 18, 2009: SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE: REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS "THE KEY IS WHAT WE DO, NOT WHAT WE PREACH"
March 13, 2009: TERRY DAVIS, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, TO SPEAK AT OAS ABOUT UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
February 24, 2009: LATINOBAROMETRO WILL PRESENT AT THE OAS THE RESULTS OF ITS 2008 REPORT
February 17, 2009: THE THIRTEENTH OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE WILL COMMEMORATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION ON SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS
February 2, 2009: BELGIUM SUPPORTS OAS MINE ACTION ACTIVITIES IN THE PERU-ECUADOR BORDER
January 30, 2009: LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS WILL CENTER ON THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE NEW ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE HEMISPHERE
January 12, 2009: "IN THE SHORT TERM, THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WILL IMPACT OUR COUNTRIES' QUALITY OF LIFE," AFFIRMED IDB PRESIDENT DURING OAS CONFERENCE
January 8, 2009: PRESIDENT OF THE IDB WILL SPEAK AT OAS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AMERICAS
2008
December 9, 2008: AT OAS FORUM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK RECOMMENDS TRANSFORMING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES
December 4, 2008: THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY PLEDGES OVER €200,000 TO OAS PROJECTS
December 3, 2008: THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK, ROBERT B. ZOELLICK WILL BE THE MAIN SPEAKER AT A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS
November 3, 2008: OAS AND ILO WILL HOST A ROUNDTABLE ON "YOUTH, DECENT WORK AND PROSPERITY IN THE AMERICAS"
October 29, 2008: ETHANOL PRESENTS "EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY" TO CHANGE ENERGY MATRIX, SAYS FORMER BRAZILIAN MINISTER
October 23, 2008: OAS HOSTS LUNCHEON FOR WASHINGTON DC PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
September 26, 2008: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS WITH CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR
September 17, 2008: AT OAS ROUNDTABLE, US SENATOR CALLS FOR LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRUST
September 15, 2008: U.S. SENATORS SPEAK ABOUT HEMISPHERIC RELATIONS AT OAS HEADQUARTERS
July 30, 2008: IN OAS KEYNOTE LECTURE ON FOOD CRISIS, WFP CHIEF PROPOSES EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
July 23, 2008: NEXT OAS LECTURE TO FOCUS ON 'CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGE OF THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS IN THE AMERICAS'
July 14, 2008: AT MODEL ASSEMBLY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, SECRETARY GENERAL TOUTS RELEVANCE OF OAS
July 11, 2008: THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY CONTRIBUTES ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO OAS HUMANITARIAN DEMINING PROGRAMS IN THE HEMISPHERE
June 17, 2008: KOREA AND FRANCE ANNOUNCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT OAS INITIATIVES IN THE AMERICAS
June 17, 2008: ITALY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ACTION AGAINST ANTIPERSONNEL MINES AND THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
June 13, 2008: OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE LAUNCHES UNDP REPORT 'MAKING THE LAW WORK FOR EVERYONE'
June 11, 2008: OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE TO LAUNCH REPORT: 'MAKING THE LAW WORK FOR EVERYONE'
April 15, 2008: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO OAS HECTOR MORALES KEYNOTES CLOSING SESSION OF MODEL OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
April 14, 2008: LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN AND EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT FOR PERU IN MAY
April 14, 2008: NEXT CONFERENCE IN LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS TO SPOTLIGHT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
April 8, 2008: MODEL OAS ASSEMBLY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OPENS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
April 1, 2008: BILL RICHARDSON CALLS FOR NEW ALLIANCE BETWEEN U.S. AND THE AMERICAS
March 26, 2008: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES NEW SECRETARIATS
March 25, 2008: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA SEES PROGRESS IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN THE REGION
March 20, 2008: EDUARDO STEIN, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA, TO SPEAK AT OAS
March 18, 2008: OAS SECRETARY GENERAL WILL IMPLEMENT A MECHANISM TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE BETWEEN ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA
March 3, 2008: COLOMBIA-ECUADOR SITUATION: INSULZA SAYS CRISIS SHOULD BE RESOLVED ON THE BASIS OF GOVERNING COEXISTENCE PRINCIPLES
February 14, 2008: MEETING OF MR. BERNARD KOUCHER WITH MR. JOSE MIGUEL INSULZA, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) (Release from the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs)
January 22, 2008: CHINA MAKES CONTRIBUTION TO OAS FOR JUDICIAL COOPERATION AND THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT
2007
December 17, 2007: JOSEPH STIGLITZ TO SPEAK AT 25TH LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS
December 12, 2007: STUDENTS FROM THE AMERICAS DEBATE ISSUES OF INTER-AMERICAN AGENDA DURING XXV MODEL OF THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
December 4, 2007: MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR OF THE D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE MODEL OAS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
November 30, 2007: FOR NEXT OAS KEYNOTE LECTURE, HIGH RANKING BRAZILIAN OFFICIAL SPEAKS ON COMBATING RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION
November 27, 2007: OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN THE AMERICAS
November 26, 2007: AT BRUSSELS SEMINAR, OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR ANNUAL DONORS' CONFERENCE AS PART OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
October 26, 2007: NORWEGIAN CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTS OAS DEMINING PROGRAMS IN THE AMERICAS
October 5, 2007: AT RICE UNIVERSITY, OAS OFFICIAL URGES MORE FOCUS ON POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
October 1, 2007: OAS AND IDB STUDY MECHANISMS TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE AMERICAS
August 3, 2007: OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION RECEIVES FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM FRANCE
July 10, 2007: OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THANKS ITALY'S FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
July 3, 2007: OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THANKS KOREA'S FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
June 26, 2007: ITALY CONTRIBUTES FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS
June 3, 2007: OBSERVER COUNTRIES REITERATE SUPPORT FOR OAS PROGRAMS
May 1, 2007: ISRAEL REITERATES ITS STRONG SUPPORT FOR OAS PROGRAMS
April 9, 2007: ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL BRIEFS BRITISH PERMANENT OBSERVER
March 27, 2007: TURKEY CONTRIBUTES FUNDS FOR OAS STUDY ON PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS
February 20, 2007: OAS AND EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOIN FORCES TO ADDRESS CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG DEPENDENCY
February 9, 2007: DENMARK CONTRIBUTES TO OAS EFFORTS ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
2006
December 15, 2006: ITALY CONTRIBUTES TO LANDMINE-CLEARING IN COLOMBIA
November 13, 2006: KOREA PRESENTS A DONATION TO THE OAS FOR ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION IN PERU
November 6, 2006: PAIN SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COURT
September 26, 2006: KOREA CONTRIBUTES TO OAS ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION
September 18, 2006: JAPAN’S FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR OAS PROGRAM BOOSTS NICARAGUAN ELECTORAL PROCESS
September 12, 2006: GREEK FINANCIAL BOOST FOR OAS PROGRAMS TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND FOR HEMISPHERIC LECTURE SERIES
August 3, 2006: REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTRIBUTES COMPUTERS TO SCHOOLS IN NICARAGUA AND PANAMA
August 1, 2006: CHINA CONTINUES COOPERATION WITH THE OAS
July 27, 2006: SWEDEN CONTRIBUTES $800,000 FOR HUMANITARIAN DEMINING AND SUPPORT FOR LANDMINE VICTIMS IN NICARAGUA
June 4, 2006: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
June 4, 2006: OAS MEMBER STATES HOLD DIALOGUE WITH PRIVATE SECTOR, PERMANENT OBSERVERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
