WASHINGTON, USA: Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin reiterated to Caribbean Community foreign ministers gathered in Antigua on Thursday that the Organization of American States (OAS) stands ready to assist in whatever way it can to ensure the success of the next Summit of the Americas. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin arrives in Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday to represent the Organization of American States (OAS) at the May 7-9 meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: The hemisphere needs the voice, energy and conviction of civil society to make the next Summit of the Americas happen. That was the word the Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, delivered to the civil society representatives. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: The new Organization of American States (OAS) Representative in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Riyad Insanally, has presented his letter of accreditation to that country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paula Gopee-Scoon, in a formal call at the Ministry in Port of Spain on Tuesday. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Delegates to the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (known by its Spanish acronym, CICAD) are to hear reports on hemispheric trends in drug trafficking and abuse during its forty-third regular session in Washington, DC, from April 30 to May 2. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Ambassador Glenda Morean-Phillip arrived at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., today and presented Secretary General José Miguel Insulza with her credentials as Trinidad and Tobago’s ninth Permanent Representative. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: The Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA VII) opened on Tuesday morning in Washington, with Organization of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General José Miguel Insulza wrapped up a visit to Haiti on Friday, saying the high-level mission he accompanied there presented proposals and offered ideas on the kind of assistance needed to tackle the food crisis the Caribbean nation faces. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Secretary General José Miguel Insulza travels to Haiti on Thursday leading a high-level Organization of American States mission to meet with President René Préval and his cabinet as well as leaders of the Senate and Chambers of Deputies, the business community, political parties and civil society. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Addressing an information technology conference at the Organization of American States headquarters, Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin has called on policy makers, providers and experts to put greater emphasis on applying innovation in information and communication technologies. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: All the Guatemalan families have now been transferred from the Belizean community of Santa Rosa and resettled in Guatemala, under an Organization of American States administered program operating in the Adjacency Zone between the two Central American countries. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: “For the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, migration is a core component of our economy and social life,” Organization of American States Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin declared in Washington on Thursday, at the launch of a Migration Information System of the Americas. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin arrived Tuesday in Medellin, Colombia, as part of his continued engagement with the government of Colombia, host of the Organization of American States (OAS) annual General Assembly this year, in the city of Medellin from June 1-3. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: A summit of the European Union and the Latin America-Caribbean region will be held in Lima, Peru, beginning May 16, it was announced at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters Monday. Slovenia’s Foreign Affairs Ministers, Dimitrij Rupel, whose country holds the EU presidency... read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Secretary General José Miguel Insulza of the Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed his concern over the latest developments in Haiti, condemning acts of violence that have accompanied the demonstrations and calling on all Haitians to uphold the rule of law. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Some 400 tons of fortified rice, worth more than $1.5 million, is available for delivery as emergency food aid to Haiti, especially for those in greatest need, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), an affiliate of the Organization of American States, announced in Washington on Thursday. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): There is no evidence linking Venezuela to terrorist groups, the head of the Organization of American States on Thursday told US lawmakers looking into last month's Colombia-Ecuador border crisis. Insulza also defended the OAS from lawmakers' criticism. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: The Organization of American States and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) have undertaken to deepen their cooperation to promote stability and socio-economic development in Haiti. They also pledged to continue supporting efforts by that Caribbean country to mobilize resources. read more...

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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Junior Minister responsible for Works, Public Utilities, Natural Resources and the Environment Carlisle Powell has allayed suspicions that the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) had abandoned the services of the Organization of American States (OAS). read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: With recent scientific studies confirming that global climate change is real and that small and low-lying states are at greatest risk from its effects, the Organization of American States is joining forces with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Barbados’ Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) has assumed the chairmanship of the OAS Permanent Council, the second highest decision-making body of the 34 member hemispheric organization. Ambassador Michael King accepted the gavel. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Ambassador Hector Morales delivered his first formal address to the Organization of American States Permanent Council on Tuesday, amidst pledges he will do his utmost “to find common ground” as Permanent Representative of the United States so as to work with his country’s OAS partners. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Jamaica’s continued special interest in the issue of economic development and poverty reduction at the hemispheric level were accentuated by Ambassador Anthony Johnson, in his first address as Permanent Representative to the OAS Permanent Council in Washington on Tuesday. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Jacques-Édouard Alexis, the Haitian Prime Minister, on Friday reassured the members of the Organization of American States Permanent Council that the general situation in the country “has significantly improved.” Alexis also staunchly defended Haiti against characterizations from certain quarters. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Christopher Hansen, Deputy Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) on Thursday presented the Institute’s Annual 2007 Report to the General Committee of the Organization of the American States (OAS). read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, on a recent working visit to the United Nations in New York, received assurances of the world body’s support for OAS efforts to reduce tensions and promote rapprochement. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Secretary General José Miguel Insulza welcomed Prime Minister Dean Barrow of Belize to the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters Thursday morning, reiterating the hemispheric body’s willingness to assist to its member states in whatever way it can. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Ambassador Anthony Johnson, in presenting credentials Thursday as Jamaica’s new Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, pledged that during his tenure he would ensure his country continue to play an important role in the hemispheric body. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: Some 80 representatives from nearly 70 civil society organizations concluded a weeklong forum at the Organization of American States in Washington at the weekend, after deliberations that produced recommendations on the Declaration of Medellin that the hemisphere’s foreign ministers will issue. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA: The hemisphere’s Foreign Affairs Ministers concluded their 25th Meeting of Consultation at the Organization of American States in Washington early Tuesday morning with a resolution instructing the organization’s Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, to use his good offices to implement... read more...

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