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OAS SECRETARY GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER DEATH OF GERALD FORD

  December 27, 2006

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza today expressed condolences to the United States over the death of former President Gerald R. Ford.

“On behalf of all the OAS member states, I extend our deepest condolences to Betty Ford and all of President Ford’s family and to the people of the United States, who have lost a dedicated statesman and a distinguished public servant,” Insulza said.

“President Ford brought to the White House a true sense of optimism during a very challenging period in this nation’s history,” the Secretary General said, adding that the former President’s memory “will be honored at the next meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.”

Reference: E-286/06