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Dialogue of the Secretary General, the Heads of Delegation, and Permanent Observers

  June 5, 2011

Dialogue of the Secretary General, the Heads of Delegation, and Permanent Observers
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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, chaired a meeting today between OAS member states, observer countries accreditedto the Organization, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Hugo Martínez, in the context of the forty-first regular session of the OAS General Assembly, taking place in El Salvador. They exchanged views and information on the theme of this OAS summit—Citizen Security in the Americas—with emphasis on cooperationby observer countries inthe priority effortsof the hemispheric organization in this area. Secretary General Insulza thanked the observer countries for their contribution of a focus on strengthening institutions in the region "to make it a more just, more secure, and more democratic environment."

Reference: FNE-5534