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DECLARATION OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES--RESIGNATION BY SECRETARY GENERAL

  October 8, 2004

AT ITS SPECIAL MEETING OF OCTOBER 8, 2004, THE PERMANENT COUNCIL TOOK COGNIZANCE OF THE LETTER OF THE SAME DATE ADDRESSED TO AMBASSADOR ARISTIDES ROYO, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA AND CHAIR OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL, DR. MIGUEL ANGEL RODRÍGUEZ E.

IN THAT LETTER, THE SECRETARY GENERAL ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL RESIGN FROM THE POST OF SECRETARY GENERAL AS OF OCTOBER 15, 2004. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 108 OF THE OAS CHARTER, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL, AMBASSADOR LUIGI R. EINAUDI, WILL ASSUME SAID DUTIES UNTIL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL, IN A REGULAR OR SPECIAL SESSION, ELECT A NEW SECRETARY GENERAL.

Reference: E-180/04