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»America
preocupada por afianzar su democracia y que sus beneficios
sean tangibles
Embajador Alberto Borea, Representante Permanente del Perú
ante la OEA durante la inauguración
de la segunda Cátedra de las Américas
El desarrollo económico
del hemisferio cimentará, como lo ha hecho en Europa,
la realidad de este pueblo continente que tiene que ser la América
unida.
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»Strategies
of multilateral co-operation to promote and sustain fight against terrorism
Declaration of Port-of-Spain on Strenghtening Cooperation on Strategies to
Sustain and Advance the Hemispheric Fight Against Terrorism
"...the threat of terrorism is exacerbated by connections between terrorism and
illicit drug trafficking, illicit trafficking in arms, money laundering, and
other forms of transnational organized crime and that the resulting alliances
and benefits derived from those connections are or can be used to support and
finance terrorist activities..."
(Declaración
de Puerto España)
Discursos, Plan de Trabajo, Calendario e Informe de
Actividades de CICTE
Speeches, Work Plan, Schedule and Report of Activities of
CICTE
»The
region has made important advances in the area of human rights
Address by Clare K. Roberts, President of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
on the Inauguration of the 122nd Regular Period of Sessions of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Washington, D.C. February 24, 2005
"At the same time, we are faced with many pending human rights
challenges in the region, where we continue to confront such
longstanding problems as impunity in respect of human rights
violations (for example, torture and extrajudicial executions);
arbitrary detention; the insufficient development of the judiciary
of the majority of the countries of the region, and the attacks in
some countries on the independence and impartiality of the
judiciary;..."
(complete
speech)
IACHR Creates Special
Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons of African Descent, and
Racial Discrimination
(Español)
Press Conference: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Remarks by Clare K. Roberts, President IACHR and Santiago A.
Canton, Executive Secretary of the IACHR (Video: 47
minutes, Spanish and English)
»Brazilian
donation
funds anti-racism OAS office
With a renewed call for a hemispheric anti-racism convention to be
in place the Brazilian government made a contribution of
$65,000 to help fund the first year of operations of the newly-created
OAS Special Rapporteurship on
the Rights of People of African Descent and on Racial
Discrimination.
The Brazilian state is now well on the path of combating all forms
of discrimination in creating the
Special Ministry for Racial
Equality, as well as contributing towards the Commission’s
history-making initiative on Afro descendants in the Americas. (more)
»Brasil
doa 65 mil dólares para Relatoria sobre Discriminação Racial da
OEA
O Governo do Brasil está preparando um projeto de resolução que
será apresentado à próxima Assembléia Geral da OEA propondo a
criação de um Grupo de Trabalho Encarregado de Elaborar uma
Convenção Interamericana Contra o Racismo e toda Forma de
Discriminação e Intolerância. (mais)
»Los
derechos humanos de las mujeres
Presentan en la OEA libro sobre los
derechos de las mujeres
"Los derechos humanos de las mujeres: Fortaleciendo su promoción y
protección internacional", es el título de la obra que fue
presentada ayer en la OEA, por el Instituto Interamericano de
Derechos Humanos (IIDH),
el Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)
y la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH).
(más)
»Corruption
diverts resources from development
Governments in the region are making major efforts to fulfill
their commitments under the treaty and have undertaken initiatives
to enhance cooperation and mutual assistance and to increase the
dialogue with civil society. (more)
(Español)
Inter-American Convention against Corruption
Convención Interamericana contra la
Corrupción
»Justicia
social; componente fundamental de la democracia
Dr. Ali Rodríguez
Araque, Canciller de Venezuela, en Sesión Extraordinaria del
Consejo Permanente
El problema del ejercicio del poder político en una democracia,
si ella es verdadera, no se limita solamente a la participación
electoral cada cierto tiempo, o a la división de poderes, sino que
comporta garantías fundamentales al ciudadano como el de la
consulta en asuntos de interés público y aún el derecho a revocar
los mandatos de libre elección.
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»We
strive to achieve an order of peace and justice
Address of Venezuela´s Foreign Minister, Ali Rodríguez Araque at the
Permanent Council of the OAS
Each nation is the result of the synthesis of the most diverse
historic, political, economic, social, cultural, and even
geographic factors, all of which contribute to the nation very
concrete specificities. The world’s most stable political systems
are those that best express these diverse realities. (...) it
would be an error of very grave consequences, the pretense of
imposing a singular ideology, and, with that system of thought,
the political model and practices of a country with its own
history and circumstances upon other countries.
(non-official
translation)
»Anti-Drug
Experts from the Region meet at the OAS
Through the
MEM (Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism),
CICAD has been able to develop common standards to evaluate factors such as
the impact of drug abuse, transnational organized crime,
corruption and
money laundering, all of which significantly affect
the economic well-being of society and the security of its
citizens,... (more)
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Enrique Iglesias, President of the Inter-American Development
Bank