OAS Policy Roundtables Series:

The OAS Policy Roundtable Series seeks to link the best in policy thinking to the actions of the OAS in its Permanent Council and General Secretariat through promoting an informed dialogue between policy analysts, practitioners and diplomats. 

	OAS Policy Roundtable #21: “Regional Peace, Development and Security: the Role of Regional Organizations and Civil Society” November 23, 2009 10:00 Am- 12:30 PM Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program (English) Program (Spanish)
	OAS Policy Roundtable #20: “Promoting Democracy and Inter-regional Cooperation” November 19, 2009 3:30pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program (English) Program (Spanish)
	OAS Policy Roundtable #19: “Challenges and Future of the Inter-American System on Human Rights" November 11, 2009 Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program (English) Program (Spanish) Photo Gallery
	OAS Policy Roundtable #18: “Learning to live together: Fostering integration, tolerance and diversity in the Americas" September 11, 2009 3:00pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program English Program Spanish Photo Gallery Talking Points Mr. Jorge Sampaio, UN HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS Summary talking points Hazel Law, Magistrate, Court of Appeals in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
	OAS Policy Roundtable #17: “Corporate Social Responsibility in a Time of Crisis”  September 1, 2009 10:30 AM Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program Remarks by the Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin. Photo Gallery
	OAS Policy Roundtable #16: Post summit briefing: "A New Beginning in Inter-American Relations?”  May 1st, 2009 10:00 - 12:00 pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program Talking points by Irene Klinger Detailed program in English (including bios and other info) and Spanish Photo Gallery
	OAS Policy Roundtable #15: Latin American economic Outlook 2009 Presentation of the Latin American Economic Outlook Report 2009 March 24, 2009 3:30 - 5:15pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program (English) Programa (Español) Press Advisory (English) Aviso de Prensa (Español) Photo Gallery Video Transmission Presentation by Javier Santiso, Director, OECD Development Centre Presentation by William Maloney, Lead Economist, Office of the Chief Economist of Latin America & the Caribbean Region, World Bank
	OAS Policy Roundtable #14: The Financial Crisis, A Challenge to Democracy? Presentation of the Latinobarometro Report 2008 February 26, 2009 3:30 - 4:30pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program (English) Program (Spanish) Press Advisory (English) Aviso de Prensa (Español) Presentation
	OAS Policy Roundtable #13: fifth anniversary of the declaration on security in the americas: current perspectives and new challenges February 19, 2009 3:00 - 6:00pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Invitation (English) Invitación (Español) Program (English) Programa (Español) Press Advisory (English) Aviso de Prensa (Español) Comunicado de Prensa (Español) Photo Gallery
	OAS Policy Roundtable #12 in preparation for the fifth summit of the americas: Promoting ENVIRONMENTAL sUSTAINABILITY IN THE AMERICAS February 17, 2009 3:00 - 5:00pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program English Program Spanish Photo Gallery
	OAS Policy Roundtable #11 in preparation for the fifth summit of the americas: YOUTH, DECENT WORK AND HUMAN PROSPERITY IN THE AMERICAS Co-sponsored by the international labor organization (ilo) November 5, 2008 2:30 - 5:00pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Invitation (English) Invitación (Español) Photo Gallery Opening Remarks by Honorable Rennie Dumas, Minister of Labor and Small and Micro Enterprise Development, Trinidad and Tobago Remarks by OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza
	OAS Policy Roundtable #10: Opportunities and challenges in the western hemisphere: perspectives from the united states congress September 17, 2008 9:30-11:00am Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Invitation Press Advisory (English) Aviso de Prensa (Español) Press Release (English) Comunicado de Prensa (Español) Remarks by Senator Robert Menendez Summary of Event Photo Gallery Video
	OAS Policy Roundtable #9 and report launch: making the law work for everyone June 13, 2008 10:00-11:30am Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program UN Report: "Making the Law Work for Everyone" (English) Informe de las NU: "La ley: Clave para el Desarrollo sin Exclusiones" (Español) Press Advisory (English) Aviso de Prensa (Español) Press Release (English) Comunicado de Prensa (Español) Photo Gallery Remarks by Ambassador Roberto Álvarez, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the OAS and President of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (Spanish only)
	OAS Policy Roundtable #7: Surveying the americas: indicators and perceptions April 9, 2008 3:00 - 4:30pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Invitation 2007 Latinobarómetro Report (Spanish Only) Presentation Press release (Spanish) Photo gallery
January 31, 2008	OAS Policy Roundtable #6 and book launch: saving the americas: the dangerous decline of latin america and what the u.s. must do - by andres oppenheimer January 31, 2008 2:45 pm-4:15 pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Invitation Press Release (Spanish only) Photo Gallery Video Transmission
November 27th, 2007	OAS Policy Roundtable # 5: Constitutional Reform in the Americas  November 27, 2007 3:00 pm-5:00 pm Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Invitation Program Press Release Photo Gallery
May 8, 2007	OAS Policy Roundtable # 4: Building a Consensus on Trade Policy in an Era of Globalization May 8, 2007 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program Press release (Spanish) Photo gallery
April 16, 2007	OAS Policy Roundtable # 3: Democracy and the Army in the 21st Century:  Lessons from the Chilean Experience Monday, April 16, 2007 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.) Program Discurso preliminar del Dr. Juan Emilio Cheyre, Director Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Video transmission Press release Comunicado de Prensa Photo gallery
March 6, 2007	OAS Policy Roundtable: International Law: The U.S. Perspective  Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm in the Ruben Dario Room, 8th floor, Organization of American States (1889 ‘F’ Street, NW, Washington, D.C. ) Program On March 6, 2007, the OAS held the Second OAS Policy Roundtable “International Law: the US Perspective.”  OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza opened the discussion by making general comments on the international legal system and by introducing the guest speaker, John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser to the United States Secretary of State.  Mr. Bellinger centered his speech on the country’s commitment to the rule of law.  The roundtable concluded with a question and answer session, moderated by Irene Klinger, Director of the Department of External Relations. Mr. Bellinger highlighted the U.S. commitment to international with a number of recent examples, including a discussion of US efforts to comply with a recent decision of the International Court of Justice on consular notification under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.  Mr. Bellinger discussed the position of the United States with respect to the International Criminal Court (ICC), stating that the Rome Statute contained a number of serious flaws while stressing that the United States respected the rights of other states to become parties to the Rome Statute.  Mr. Bellinger emphasized that the U.S. shared with parties to the Rome Statute a commitment to prevent genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity and noted US support of international criminal tribunals in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.  Mr. Bellinger discussed “the global war on terror” and explained that this phrase is not intended to be a legal statement.  He reiterated that the U.S. does not believe that it is engaged in a legal state of armed conflict at all times with every terrorist group in the world or that military force is the appropriate response in every terrorist threat across the globe.  He noted that the U.S. would continue to rely on other tools, including law enforcement mechanisms, particularly in countries with functioning judicial systems.  Mr. Bellinger discussed the status of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, stating that the U.S. had developed specific rules and regulations governing the detention, interrogation and trial of unlawful enemy combatants in the Military Commissions Act and recent Department of Defense directives.  Mr. Bellinger also discussed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, noting that the U.S. took the work of the Commission seriously and regularly participates in Commission’s activities, filing detailed briefs in U.S. cases and sending large delegations to Commission hearings. Photo gallery
January 30, 2007	OAS Policy Roundtable: SURVEYING THE AMERICAS: INDICATORS AND PERCEPTIONS (Latinobarometro) January 30, 3:00pm. OAS Simon Bolivar Room Program Power Point Presentation Press release Photo gallery