OAS Headquarters, May 29,
2001. Number zero.
Welcome to our new electronic magazine. On this issue the focus will be on the upcoming
General Assembly in Costa Rica, where
Democracy,
Human Rights,
Drug Control,
Trade and Integration,
Sustainable Development,
Gender Equality
and other issues of the Inter-American agenda are going to be discussed. The
preparation of a Inter-American Democratic Charter by the countries Foreign Ministers, in
Costa Rica could be a historic moment on the building and strengthening of democratic
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Summit of the
Americas
"Threats to democracy today take many
forms.
To enhance our ability to respond to these threats, we instruct our Foreign Ministers to
prepare, in the framework of the next General Assembly of the OAS, an Inter-American
Democratic Charter to reinforce OAS instruments for the active defense of representative
democracy." (excerpt from the Summit's Declaration of Quebec City)
To access the whole text of the final documents, please click on
-Declaration of
Quebec City
-Plan of
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Plan of Action Sets OAS Agenda
The
Plan of Action that came out of the Third Summit of the Americas
directs the OAS to act on a host of issues as diverse as promoting indigenous rights and
improving the hemisphere’s telecommunications infrastructure. Mitigating natural
disasters, strengthening freedom of expression, combating terrorism, promoting gender
equity — these are just some of the other areas covered in the detailed blueprint for
action.
Click
here to read the whole article on the June issue of the bi-monthly OAS News bulletin.
Also available on the internet (video on
demand):
-Press
Conference: Dr. César Gaviria, Secretary General of the OAS. Quebec City, April 22, 2001.
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Costa Rican Foreign Minister:
"The fact is: our Hemisphere has
advanced considerably in recent years. A little over a decade ago, Latin America was
struggling to install democratic forms of government. Today we can proudly state that
democracy has been instated in this part of the world and that our current concern is to
ensure that each of our democracies becomes increasingly participatory, so that, through
the joint efforts of our citizens and peoples, we may aspire to higher levels of economic
and social development"
For complete text, please click
Statement by Roberto Rojas L., Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Worship of Costa Rica, to the OAS Permanent Council (May,
2001) |
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Overcoming Challenges is a made for TV roundtable that is broadcast live over
the Internet. The programs focus on key inter-American issues such as gender equality,
human rights, the strengthening of democracy, sustainable development and economic
integration. |
 Previous programs (video on
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After the Summit of the
Americas: A Caribbean Perspective
Participants: Dr. Richard L. Bernal (Ambassador
of Jamiaca to the OAS), Dr Sidney Weintraub
(Center for Strategic and Internatinal Studies
Washington DC), Ian Edwards (OAS/DPI
moderator)
May / 2001 |
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