May 2007

On May 24, 13 high school students from the Barrie School received a tour of the Main Building and a briefing on the Organization by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations.  

On May 23, a visit by 58 students from the Universidad del Valle de México was organized and included a tour of the OAS Main Building with Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations and an OAS overview by Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations.  

On May 23, six U.S. and Brazilian Chief of Staff Air Force wives received a tour of the OAS Historical Building and an overview on the Organization. Their visit included a tour of the Art Museum of the Americas by Maria Leyva, Curator of Collections, Art Museum of the Americas.  

On May 22, 15 wives of military personnel from Ecuador were given a tour of the Historic Main Building and an OAS briefing by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. They also received a tour of the Art Museum of the Americas.  

On May 17, 12 students from the Washington Center for Internships visited the OAS Historic Building. They were given a tour by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations, gave an overview of the Organization.  

On May 17, 37 senior military officials from the Mexican Navy War College received a tour of the OAS Historical Building and a briefing on multidimensional security by Abraham Stein, Deputy Executive Secretary, Secretariat for Multidimensional Security.  

On May 16, 23 students from Saltilo, Mexico with the Washington Workshop visited the OAS. The students received a tour of the OAS Historical Building and an OAS briefing by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations.
 

On May 10, the IMF, OAS, and World Bank Walking Tour consisting of 19 participants received a tour of the OAS Historic Building and an OAS overview by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. The visit also included a walk through the underground painted tunnel with the theme “Roots of Peace” by Uruguayan Artist Carlos Páez Vilaró.

On May 4, 8 members of the Foreign Service Institute visited the OAS Historic Building. They were given a tour by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations.  Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations, gave an overview on the organization.  

On May 3, the Institutional Relations section of the Department of External Relations organized a tour and briefing for 17 military officers from The Marine Corps War College University. The officers were given a tour by Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Irene Klinger, Director, Department of External Relations gave an overview on the Organization. Santiago Canton, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights briefed the group on Protecting Human Rights in the Hemisphere, and Dr. Carol S. Fuller, Secretary, Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) briefed on Security Challenges in the Western Hemisphere.