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The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
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Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
Ambassador Seymour Mullings led Washington area Jamaicans into celebrations for the 40th independence anniversary, with a reception at the Organization of American States (OAS) Headquarters Monday evening, the eve of independence. The event also marked 164 years of Emancipation from slavery in Jamaica and the rest of the former British colonies of the Caribbean.
In welcoming Jamaicans, diplomats and friends, including OAS, US and Washington DC officials who packed the Hall of the Americas to mark the island's "ruby" anniversary, Mullings highlighted the sacrifice that went into securing Jamaica's independence. "It is essential that our pride in our emergence and progress as an independent state should evoke an awareness of the selfless struggle for freedom by our patriots and forefathers and the significant sacrifices made to secure our patrimony and freedom."
In his remarks, Ambassador Mullings noted as well that independence meant more than having replaced the Union Jack with the Jamaican flag or raising a National Anthem for the first time on August 6, 1962. "It is a living testament to the surrender of life and liberty by countless numbers of our forebears and thus demands our continued commitment to the mission initiated by the framers of our independent nation—to create a more self-reliant and self-sufficient Jamaica," Mullings argued, joined by the Embassy staff, including deputy chief of mission Courtenay Rattray.
Invoking the National Pledge, the Ambassador urged his compatriots to maintain loyalty to country and selfless service to fellow citizens and to fight for peace, justice and brotherhood. "In so doing, our country, with the help of God, will increase in beauty, fellowship and prosperity." He also called for the collective wisdom and energies to be creatively channeled into "converting opportunities into successes that will serve to benefit our country as a whole and aid in the ongoing task of nation-building which will serve to benefit the Caribbean as a while and the world at large."
The reception at OAS Headquarters was organized in collaboration with the Jamaica Information Service, Air Jamaica, Jamaica Tourist Board and food distributors Grace Kennedy.
To mark the two national milestones, the Jamaican Embassy also held an annual service of thanksgiving at Howard University's Dunbarton Chapel, with the Jamaican Nationals Association assisting with a brunch afterwards.