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- Consultation period on the second group of rights of the Protocol of San Salvador (available only in Spanish)
- Comments that resulted from the consultation to the second group of rights (available only in Spanish)
- The Social Charter of the Americas was adopted in Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Progress Indicators for the Measurement of the Rights Considered in the Protocol
of San Salvador adopted - 2011 Work Report (available only in Spanish)
- Joint Meeting (CP/CEPCIDI), November 10, 2011
- Social Actors at OAS Agree on Poverty and Natural Disasters Recommendations for 2012 Summit of the Americas
- Honduras ratifies the Protocol of San Salvador
- Agenda of the activities realized in Colombia in partnership with IIGH
- Agenda of the activities realized in Uruguay in partnership with IIGH
- CAJP Meeting
- Meeting in Colombia
- Consultation with Social Actors
Dialogue with Social Actors
VI Summit of the Americas: Poverty and Inequality
In a joint effort with the
Summits of the Americas Secretariat, the department of Social Development and
Employment launched a virtual survey with the objective of obtaining the
perspective of social actors on how to address the high rates of poverty and
large internal inequities observed within the different countries of the
hemisphere in regards to distribution of income, access to basic social
services, care of traditionally marginalized groups, and the advancement of the
Millennium Development Goals.
The collected information was complemented with the virtual forum
"Summit Talk" on poverty and inequities reduction.
The results of this survey and the forum discussions is available to the
interested parties and was used as inputs for the drafting of a document that
will be presented to the OAS Member States in the context of the meetings of the
Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG). The ultimate goal is to have the
perspective of social actors during the Sixth Summit of the Americas, to be held
in April 2012 in Cartagena, Colombia.
On November 3 and 4 in Washington, DC, a meeting with social actors was held
within the framework of the preparatory activities for the Sixth Summit of the
Americas, in order to finalize the recommendations that will be presented to the
Member States representatives.
List of participants
Virtual Forum Report
Recommendations from social actors
Press release
Social Determinants of Health
In the framework of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, the
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in partnership with the Organization of
American States organized a Regional Virtual Consultation with civil society
organizations (CSOs). This consultation aimed to seek the views on various
aspects regarding the determinants of health as a useful framework to address
health inequities in the Region of the Americas and its link with the Millennium
Development Goals.
Additionally, the Organization of American States (OAS) will take the
opportunity to analyze the surveys from a rights-based perspective, in
observance of the advancement by Member States to fulfill the Additional
Protocol of the American Convention on Human Rights on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, “The Protocol of San Salvador.”
Rio Political Declaration, Brazil – October,
2011
Final Report on Civil Society Consultation
Impact of the Consultation on social determinant of health
for the Summit process (available only in Spanish)
Civil Society Statement on the Regional Consultation on
Social Determinants of Health, San Jose, Costa Rica – August, 2011
Survey Report – August, 2011 (available only
in Spanish)