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« April 2007 »

IX Food Festival of the Americas - Organization of Women of the Americas

Date: April 29, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Mauricio Azoulay
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.

Date: April 25, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
In La Paz, Bolivia, an OAS meeting seeks to advance negotiations on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Date: April 23, 2007
Place: La Paz, Bolivia
Photos: OEA
Venezuelan Cultural Week opens at the OAS with an exhibition called "Venezuela Matters" and the presentation of a new book by Ambassador Jorge Valero, who chairs the OAS Permanent Council.

Date: April 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
At the OAS, delegates from countries in the region review progress in the implementation of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials

Date: April 19, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The Inter-American Commission of Women's Executive Committee 2006-2008 opens its first regular session, at OAS headquarters

Date: April 19, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.

Date: April 18, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
At the OAS, General (Ret.) Juan Emilio Cheyre of Chile talks about "Democracy and the Army in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Experience."

Date: April 16, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The OAS Permanent Council convenes a protocolary meeting to commemorate Pan American Day.

Date: April 16, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Delegations from Belize, Guatemala and Honduras meet at the OAS to assess progress on their negotiations regarding maritime issues.

Date: April 16, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) sign an agreement to strengthen cooperation on issues related to state modernization and the fight against corruption.

Date: April 13, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The Organization of Women of the Americas meets to prepare for the Ninth Food Festival of the Americas, which will take place April 29 at OAS headquarters.

Date: April 12, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General Meets with President of Paraguay

Date: April 11, 2007
Place: Paraguay
Photos: Patricia Esquenazi
The Secretary General of the OAS and the President of the Supreme Court of Paraguay Sign Agreement

Date: April 11, 2007
Place: Paraguay
Photos: Patricia Esquenazi
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.

Date: April 10, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
Venezuela’s Permanent Representative Jorge Valero, delivers his maiden address as OAS Permanent Council Chairman.

Date: April 10, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets at OAS headquarters with Andrea Sanhueza, Ejecutive Director of Corporación PARTICIPA, a nongovernmental organization based in Chile

Date: April 9, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin receives the Permanent Observer of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Alan Charlton.

Date: April 9, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The Model OAS General Assembly of the Organization of American States (MOAS) gets underway at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C., bringing together some 300 university students and 40 faculty advisors for a weeklong discussion on inter-American agenda issues

Date: April 7, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Jorge Valero, assumes the chairmanship of the Permanent Council.

Date: April 4, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, welcomes the Prime Minister of Haiti, Jacques-Edouard Alexis, to OAS headquarters.

Date: April 4, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, met this afternoon with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile

Date: April 3, 2007
Place: La Moneda Palace, in Santiago, Chile
Photos: Presidencia de Chile
"My Community, My Country, My Future: Landmines and Children in Nicaragua" is the theme of a series of children's drawings on exhibit at OAS headquarters, in commemoration of International Mine Action Day on April 4.

Date: April 3, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA