Organization
of American States
www.oas.org
Press
Release
E-227-01
November
19, 2001
MEXICO
HOSTS REGIONAL COURSE ON PARLIAMENT,
DEMOCRACY
AND INTEGRATION
A regional course on "Parliament, Democracy and
Integration," held in Mexico City this past November 11 through 18,
brought together more than 70 young political leaders from Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
and Panama.
The
Organization of American States (OAS) Unit for the Promotion of
Democracy organized the course whose objective was to promote awareness
of the legislative branch and help develop a regional forum for
analysis, study and exchange of experiences on the legislative branch.
Eighteen
of the participants were deputies in their respective countries and
three served with the Central American Parliament.
The course also drew in top congressional officials as well as
leaders of major political parties and media representatives.
Among other topics, the academic program covered: parliament
and democracy, political representation,
developing the law, political oversight of parliament, political
management for parliaments and parliamentary aspects of integration.
The
course was sponsored by the Mexican Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), the
State University of New York (SUNY), Central American Parliament (PARLACEN)
and the Central American Institute of Political Studies (INCEP).
Those
addressing the opening ceremony included Beatriz Paredes Rangel,
President of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies and President of the Latin
American Parliament; Senate President Diego Fernández de Cevallos;
Senate Vice President César Jáuregui;
ITAM Rector José Ramón Cossío; and an INCEP Representative.
Rubén Perina, Coordinator of the UPD's Area of Institutional
Strengthening, represented the OAS.
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