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OAS Policy Roundtable #22:
“To launch the Inter-American Year of
Women:
Women and Power: for a World with Equality
February 25, 2010
3:00 PM- 5:30 PM
Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and
Constitution Ave.)
Program (english)
Program(Spanish)
BIOS of the
panelists
Video
Photo gallery
Notes on the Roundtable discussion
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OAS Policy
BREAKFAST:
"India’s Foreign Policy Objectives and Perspectives
towards Latin America and the Caribbean"
The Department of International Affairs hosted a policy
breakfast on February 18 with Ambassador Meera
Shankar, Ambassador of India to the United States, who
spoke on India’s foreign policy objectives and
perspectives towards Latin America and the Caribbean.
The breakfast took place on Thursday, February 18,
at 8:30 a.m. in the San Martin Room located in the OAS
Main Building.
Since 1991, India has been a Permanent Observer of
the OAS. Ambassador Meera Shankar stressed that India’s
economic development was a key theme. Following the opening
of the economy in 1991 to international markets, the economy
saw dramatic growth due to the liberalization of trade and
movement towards a market-based economy. Although increases
in India’s GDP growth rate are certainly positive
indicators, it is just as important that this wealth is
shared equally among its members. Currently, India is
eliminating poverty by about 1% per year as more people
enter the middle class. Ambassador Meera Shankar continued
by noting the importance of India’s service industry and
agricultural sector. In particular, manufacturing in the
car-market has recently expanded, known for its low-cost but
high technological designs India is one of the most
effective cost-producers in the manufacturing industry and
emits fewer tons of carbon dioxide per capita than both the
E.U. and U.S.A.
In regard to India’s ties with Latin America, the Ambassador
stated that Indian companies are eager to invest in Latin
America. Indian Foreign Direct Investment totals about 35
billion dollars, a substantial portion of this investment is
in the Latin American Region. Furthermore, trade cooperation
between India and MERCOSUR has continued to increase.
Ambassador Meera Shankar described Indians as one of the
major three global tribes. The first wave of globalization
brought people of Indian descent to many different parts of
the world, whether for economic reasons, trade reasons, or
as indentured servants. Although some people have commented
on the Brain Drain Effect this had on India, Ambassador
Meera Shankar labeled it as more of a kind of “brain
circulation” since migration broadens the outlook of states
and adds to their wealth of knowledge.
Link to Word document
Ambassador Shankar’s biographical note
Notes
Program
Photo gallery
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OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE #21: “REGIONAL PEACE, DEVELOPMENT AND
SECURITY: THE ROLE OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL
SOCIETY”
November 23rd 2009
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and
Constitution Ave.)
Program in English
Program in Spanish
Photo Gallery
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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)
Photo Gallery
Video
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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
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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
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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
Video
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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
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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
Video
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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
Video
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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
Video
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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
Video
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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
Video
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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
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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
Video
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)
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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
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January 31, 2008
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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
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November 27th, 2007
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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
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May 8, 2007
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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
Video
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April 16, 2007
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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
Video
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March 6, 2007
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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
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January 30, 2007
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OAS Policy Roundtable: SURVEYING THE AMERICAS: INDICATORS
AND PERCEPTIONS (Latinobarometro)
January 30, 3:00pm. OAS Simon Bolivar Room
Program
Power
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Press
release
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