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XXI OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE “Regional Peace, Development and Security: the Role of Regional Organizations and Civil Society”
Date: November 23, 2009 - 10:30AM
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC

Opening Speech by José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) (05'28)
Opening Remarks by Víctor Rico, Secretary, Secretariat for Political Affairs, OAS, moderator First Panel: “Perspectives of Regional Organizations in Conflict Prevention and Peace-building and the Role of Civil Society” (01'13)
Presentation By Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  (15'59)
Presentation by Erick Vilchez, Director of Juridical and Political Affairs, General Secretariat of Central America Integration System (SICA) (12'47)
Presentation by Adolfo López, Coordinator of Political Affairs of the Andean Community  (11'01)
Presentation by Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, USA (TBC)  (09'37)
Presentation by James Lambert, Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada  (13'25)
Closing remarks by Víctor Rico, Secretary, Secretariat for Political Affairs, OAS. Moderator First Panel (05'37)
Opening Remarks by Andrés Serbin, Executive President of CRIES* and Secretary General of the Latin American and Caribbean Platform for Conflict Prevention and Peace-building (PLACPaz), moderator, Second Panel: “Perspectives of Civil Society Organizations in Conflict Prevention and Peace-building” (06'30)
Presentation by Gilberto Rodriguez, UNISANTOS, São Paulo, Brazil (09'35)
Presentation by Daniel Matul Romero, Professor of the University of Costa Rica (12'02)
Presentation by John Siebert, Executive Director, Project PLOUGHSHARES, Canada  (05'15)
Dialogue between Member States & Civil Society representatives, moderated by Irene Klinger, Director of the Department of International Affairs, OAS (18'02)
Closing Remarks by Ambassador Albert Ramdin, OAS Assistant Secretary General (11'03)