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OAS Permanent Council Approves Agenda, Rules and Order of Precedence for Foreign Ministers Meeting

  August 20, 2012

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today approved the agenda and rules of procedure for the Meeting of Foreign Ministers at the headquarters of the organization in Washington, DC, on Friday, August 24, that will discuss the inviolability of the diplomatic premises of Ecuador in London.

The Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs was convened by the Council at its meeting on Friday, August 17, to "address the situation between Ecuador and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding the inviolability of the diplomatic premises of Ecuador in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in accordance with international law, and agree on appropriate measures to be taken."

The Council also established the order of precedence of the meeting, as stipulated in the regulations of the organization. As a result of a drawing of lots, the Dominican Republic was chosen to assume the provisional presidency of the meeting, with the other member states following in alphabetical order in Spanish. Among the Permanent Observers, the first country in the order will be Algeria.

A gallery of photos of the event is available here.

The full video of the event is available here. The reel of images is available here.

The audio of the event is available here.

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: E-285/12