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OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, Meets with Congressman Ron Klein, Who Represents Florida’s 22nd Congressional District

Date: October 31, 2007
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Meets with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Date: October 31, 2007
Place: City of Los Angeles
Photos: Betsy Annas, City of Los Angeles
OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert R. Ramdin, Speaks at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on “Crime, Violence and Security in the CARICOM”

Date: October 30, 2007
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza attended the inauguration of Spain’s new Mission to the Organization of American States. Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Ángel Moratinos unveiled a commemorative plaque

Date: October 29, 2007
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The Organization of American States (OAS) Monitors Municipal Elections in Colombia

Date: October 28, 2007
Place: Colombia
Photos: OAS/OEA
Communiqués de presse | Links
OAS Secretary General Launches Youth Business Labs and Training for At-Risk Youth in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Date: October 26, 2007
Place: San Vicente y las Granadinas
Photos: OAS/OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Meets with Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit

Date: October 25, 2007
Place: Dominica
Photos: OEA/OAS
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Meets with High Dominican Authorities  

Date: October 25, 2007
Place: Dominica
Photos: OEA
Regular Meeting of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: October 24, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Meeting of the Committee on Hemispheric Security

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza welcomes UNDP Administrator, Kemal Derviş

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin Receives Donation of Paintings from David Gonla Wu, Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Vanuatu to the United Nations

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Meets with Presidential Adviser for Economic and Social Reintegration of People and Groups in Arms, Frank Pearl

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Peruvian University San Martín de Porres Extends Cooperation Agreement with OAS and Donates Books to Columbus Memorial Library

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Secretary General Meets with Representatives of FIPA

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, Kemal Derviş, speaks at the OAS on financial markets, social justice and democracy

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo | Links
Second Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Social Development

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Meets with Gordana Jerger, World Food Program Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Accepts Credentials from France’s Permanent Observer to the OAS, Ambassador Marie-France Pagnier

Date: October 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, meets with the Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Angel Gurria

Date: October 22, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General Receives St. Kitss and Nevis Prime Minister

Date: October 19, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with a Delegation of the Canadian International Development Agency  

Date: October 19, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, is recognized by MAPAVI for his contributions to democracy and human rights.

Date: October 13, 2007
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Penal Justice Reforms in Mexico

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Rights of Children and Adoption Processes in Guatemala

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Case 12587: Alicia Barbani and Others (Customers of the Banco de Montevideo), Uruguay

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Case 12500: Omar Maldonado and Others, Chile

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Petition 177/04 and Precautionary Measures 26/04: Warren Summerlin and Others, United States

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation in Peru

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Human Rights Situation of Migrant Workers, Refugee Children and Other Vulnerable Groups in the United States

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Reports on Criminalization of Social Protest in Peru

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Permanent Council Protocolary Meeting to Commemorate the Discovery of America: Encounter of Two Worlds

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meeting with Kristina Aiello and other members of the International Coalition of the Organization for Human Rights in the Americas. During their meeting at OAS headquarters, they reviewed the general human rights situation in the hemisphere, and in particular countries.

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Sweden’s Permanent Observer to the OAS Ambassador Joans Hofstram in discussions with OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza. Hofstram was making his first official visit as Permanent Observer. They discussed a range of issues of mutual interest between the organization and Sweden, the latter an observer to the OAS since 1996.

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with the Governor of the Venezuelan State of Zulia, Manuel Rosales  

Date: October 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Reproductive Rights of Women in the Americas

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Malnutrition among Indigenous Children in the Americas

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – General Situation of Human Rights and Violence in Haiti

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Case 11227: Colombia’s Unión Patriótica (Testimonial Declaration)

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Situation of Fugitive Slaves Descendants during the Colonial Period (“Quilombolas”) in Brazil  

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Jaun Manuel Herrera
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Petition 1166/05: Massacre and Persons Displaced from Tibú, Colombia

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
30º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Case 12658: Inmates in the Prison of Urso Branco, Brazil

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing – Follow-up of Complaints about Extrajudicial Executions in Colombia

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Columbus Library Celebrates Book Donations

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearings – Independence of the Judiciary in Bolivia

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearings – Case 11.481: Monsignor Romero, El Salvador

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearings – Case 12.632: Ana María Careaga and Others, Argentina

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearings – Peace Process in El Salvador

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Meeting of the Group of Friends of Guyana

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
At the OAS Permanent Council, Ambassador Rodolfo Gil of Argentina and Permanent Council Chair Presents Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador Deborah-Mae Lovell with a Gavel in Recognition of her Stint as Permanent Council Chair, July to September 2007

Date: October 10, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States Welcomes the U.S. Secretary of State at OAS Headquarters

Date: October 9, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Inauguration of the 130º Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH)  

Date: October 9, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with Benita Ferrero, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy of the European Union, in Nicaragua

Date: October 5, 2007
Place: Nicaragua
Photos: Nicaragua - OAS/OEA
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin Speaks about Building Opportunities & Managing Challenges in the Americas at Rice University

Date: October 5, 2007
Place: James Baker Institute – Rice University
Photos: Hilaire Sobers - IACHR.
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Participates in the First Meeting of International and Regional Courts Courts of Justice

Date: October 4, 2007
Place: Managua, Nicaragua
Photos: Managua, Nicaragua - OAS/OEA
Central American Presidents Sign Gulf of Fonseca Tripartite Agreement

Date: October 4, 2007
Place: Palacio Nacional de Cultura, Nicaragua
Photos: OEA Nicaragua
Special Program at OAS Spotlights 65th Anniversary of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

Date: October 3, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Argentina’s Permanent Representative Rodolfo Hugo Gil, Delivers his Maiden Address as OAS Permanent Council Chairman

Date: October 3, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Special Session of the General Assembly of Organization of American States (OAS

Date: October 3, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Election of officials of Inter-American Culture Committee

Date: October 3, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, Meets with Senator and Vice-President of Haiti’ Senate, Edmonde Supplice Beauzile  

Date: October 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
IFES Honors OAS Secretary General Insulza with its Annual Democracy Award

Date: October 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General Meets with Ministers of Argentina’s Supreme Court of Justice

Date: October 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Meets with the Director of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Dr. Chelston W.D. Brathwaite

Date: October 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Meets with Venezuela’s Ombudsman, Germán Mundaraín

Date: October 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, Participates in the Inaugural Ceremony of the 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference

Date: October 1, 2007
Place: Sede de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (PAHO)
Photos: OPS
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Participates in the Ceremony to Launch the Partnership for Democratic Governance

Date: October 1, 2007
Place: ONU, New York
Photos: OEA/OAS
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza Speaks at the Opening Reception of the 2007 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Conference

Date: October 1, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Argentina Assumes Chair of OAS Permanent Council

Date: October 1, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Korean Donation Boosts Electoral Observation and Other OAS Programs

Date: October 1, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS and IDB Study Mechanisms to Strengthen the Impact of Culture in the Economic Growth of the Americas

Date: October 1, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, Meets with Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank

Date: October 1, 2007
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva