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First Preparatory Session of the XV Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML)

Place and Date: San Jose, Costa Rica, May 11, 2007
This meeting took place in the framework of the Second Meeting of the Working Groups of the XIV IACML

Objective: Define the topics to be discussed during the XV IACML and begin the discussion on the draft Declaration of Port of Spain.

Documents of the meeting:

•  Topics for inclusion in the Agenda of the XV IACML
•  Draft Declaration of Port of Spain
•  Timeline and Rules of Procedure for the negotiation of the Draft Declaration and Plan of Action of Port of Spain

Proceedings of the meeting

	Introduction to the meeting
	•  Jorge Rodríguez, Chief, International Affairs, STPS of Mexico , Chair XIV IACML •  Francisco Pilotti, Director, Department of Social Development and Employment, OAS.
	Definition of agenda for the XV IACML
	•  Proposal presented by Carl Francis, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development of Trinidad and Tobago •  Open dialogue
	Discussion of the Draft Declaration of the XV CIMT
	•  Proposal presented by Trinidad and Tobago •  Open dialogue
	Closing of the meeting
	•  Francisco Pilotti, Director DSDE, OAS •  Guillermo Matamoros, Vice-minister for the Labor Area, MTSS of Costa Rica

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