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OAS and European Union Convene More than 300 Participants in City Partnerships against Drugs

  April 19, 2010

More than 300 mayors, international experts and authorities on drug control from 41 cities and 34 countries of Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean will meet this week in the Spanish city of Lugo to address the conflicts caused by drugs in society and the role that cities must play in the search for their solutions.

The “Drugs Summit of European, Latin American and Caribbean Mayors and Cities” will take place from April 21 to 23, 2010, in the Pazo de Ferias y Congresos of the City of Lugo, El Palomar s/n – 27004, Lugo, Spain.

The Lugo Summit is a collaborative effort of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union. The event will be held in the framework of a city partnerships project for drug control known as, “EU-LAC Drug Treatment City Partnerships.”

A complete list of event participants may be found here.

Journalists who wish to cover the event must be accredited. Please contact Alberto Díaz of the Summit secretariat by email: [email protected]. The event’s inauguration and closing ceremonies will be open for media coverage, as well as the reading of a declaration before the closing ceremony. The event’s agenda is available here.

More information about the Summit and the EU-LAC project is available here.

An OAS press release about the Lugo Summit is available here.


WHAT: “Drugs Summit of European, Latin American and Caribbean Mayors and Cities”

WHEN: Wednesday, April 21, to Friday, April 23, 2010

WHERE: Pazo de Ferias y Congresos of the City of Lugo, El Palomar s/n – 27004, Lugo, Spain.

Reference: AVI-118/10