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OAS Youth Symposium and Dialogue: Empowering the Future Leaders of the Americas
Date: September 19, 2007 - 9.30 AM
Place: Headquarters Washington DC
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OPENING SESSION. Welcome and Opening Remarks. Ambassador Deborah Mae Lovell of Antigua and Barbuda, Chair of the Permanent Council, OAS. (6')
Remarks by José Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General. (13')
Remarks by Winston Vincent Williams, Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Antigua and Barbuda. (20')
Keynote Address. Remarks by Eduardo Stein, Vice President of Guatemala. (25')
Vote of Thanks. Remarks by Ambassador Denis Antoine of Grenada, Chair, Board of Directors, Young Americas Business Trust.  (7')
Inter-American Initiatives on Youth. Youth and the Summits of the Americas Process. Ambassador Carmen M. Gutierrez, Director, Summits of the Americas Secretariat. Inter American Working Group on Youth Development YABT - OAS. Roy Thomasson, Chief Executive Officer. Inter-American Development Bank -IDB Youth. Fabian Koss, Youth Development Coordinator. Pan-American Health Organization. Carlas Paredes, Child and Adolescent Health Unit. The World Bank - Social Development Department. Kury Cobham, Operations Officer. International Labour Organization -Decent Work and Youth. Virgilio Levaggi, Regional Deputy Director, LAC. Americas Quarterly -Council of the Americas. Kelli Bissett, Associate Production Editor.  (1h 19')
Dialogue with Young People. Responsible Citizenship and Participation in Democratic Governance. OAS Department of External Relations/ Model OAS, Irene Klinger. OAS Secretariat for Political Affairs, Anne-Marie Blackman. OAS Summits of the Americas Secretariat, Cristobal Dupouy. Academy for Educational Development, Dr. Andy Munoz. Discussion.  (1h 20')
Closing Ceremony and Dialogue with Assistant Secretary General. Remarks by Ambassador Albert Ramdin, OAS Assistant Secretary General. Closing Remarks by Ambassador Deborah Mae Lovell of Antigua and Barbuda, Chair of the Permanent Council of the OAS. (20')