Latest Events and Ceremonies

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« May 2006 »

Honduras's new Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Carlos Sosa Coello, presents his credentials to OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: May 31, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The Women of the Americas Organization presents awards to the raffle winners from the Food Festival of the Americas.

Date: May 30, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Haitian Prime Minister Gérard Latortue meets with OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: May 30, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The OAS and the Latin American Parliament sign a cooperation agreement on strengthening democratic institutions and the political party system.

Date: May 30, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Chile's new Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Pedro Oyarce Yuraszeck, presents his credentials to OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: May 26, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Grenada Deposits the Instrument of Ratification of the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism

Date: May 26, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets at OAS headquarters with his counterpart from the Commonwealth Secretariat, Don MacKinnon.

Date: May 26, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets at OAS headquarters with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez.

Date: May 26, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Special meeting of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: May 25, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General. José Miguel Insulza addresses a meeting of the region's Group of Experts to Control Money Laundering

Date: May 25, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Cooperation Agreement between the General Secretariat of the OAS and the National Secretariat of Telecommunications (SENATEL) of Ecuador

Date: May 24, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, welcomes the Permanent Observer of the United Kingdom, Alan Charlton

Date: May 24, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The Secretary General of the Guatemalan political party Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, Alvaro Colom, meets with OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: May 24, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) hosts a meeting of the Group of Experts to Control Money Laundering.

Date: May 24, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, welcomes the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit.

Date: May 24, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Regular meeting of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development.

Date: May 22, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
University representatives from the Washington metropolitan area receive a briefing about the OAS Model General Assembly program.

Date: May 22, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Symposium on "Freedom of Expression in the 21st Century in the Americas," sponsored by the OAS and Rice University.

Date: May 19, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Panama's Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Lewis, addresses a special meeting of the OAS Permanent Council convened in his honor.

Date: May 19, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
Opening of The Americas Project 2006, an annual seminar for emerging leaders from throughout the region, sponsored by the OAS and Rice University.

Date: May 19, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza speaks at a World Bank conference on social analysis and policy dialogue.

Date: May 18, 2006
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse
Chile's Ambassador to the OAS, Esteban Tomic, says farewell to the Permanent Council.

Date: May 17, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Discours | Vidéo
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: May 17, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Discours | Vidéo
The Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of Women exchanges views with OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: May 15, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin formally opens a meeting of the Inter-American Commission of Women's Executive Committee.

Date: May 15, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin presents a check to Henry MacDonald, Alternate Representative of Suriname to the OAS, to assist with recovery from recent floods affecting the country.

Date: May 15, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza addresses the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD).

Date: May 11, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: May 10, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with the President of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) and Bolivia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations, Ambassador Mauricio Dorfler.

Date: May 10, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
Opening of the thirty-ninth period of sessions of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)

Date: May 9, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
OAS Secretary General meets with the President of Costa Rica

Date: May 8, 2006
Place: Costa Rica
Photos: Departamento de Prensa OAS/OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan at OAS headquarters.

Date: May 4, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro, Juan Manuel Herrera
Canada presents a donation of books to the Columbus Memorial Library, at OAS headquarters.

Date: May 4, 2006
Place: Columbus Memorial Library at OAS headquarters - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Regular Session of the Permanent Council.

Date: May 3, 2006
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 with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Jorge Briz.

Date: May 3, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis.

Date: May 3, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with the President of the Foreign Relations Committee of Argentina's House of Representatives, Jorge Arguello.

Date: May 2, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Opening of the Roundtable with Civil Society, at OAS headquarters.

Date: May 2, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
Uruguayan President Tabaré Vásquez, who is on an official visit to the United States, met this morning with OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: May 2, 2006
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA