1. General Information

1.1 Official program

The fifty‐second regular session of the General Assembly will be held on October 5 to 7, 2022, in Lima, Peru.

The Official Program of activities of the General Assembly is available on the OAS Web page: www.oas.org (click on "General Assembly") or directly at www.oas.org/en/52ga.

1.2. Main topic of the General Assembly

The topic proposed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru and to be discussed by the Americas Foreign Ministers will be "Together against inequality and discrimination".

1.3. Languages and work documents

The official languages for the work of the General Assembly are: Spanish, French, English and Portuguese.

The work sessions of the General Assembly will offer interpreting services in these languages.

Furthermore, sound distribution of the inaugural and plenary sessions of the General Assembly will be made in the above‐mentioned languages.

Official documents in the four official languages of the General Assembly will be available on the OAS General Assembly webpage, and hardcopies will be made available in the International Media Center upon request.

Journalists are advised to bring laptops and earphones should they wish to hear audio of General Assembly meetings in one of the other official languages of the OAS by accessing the live Webcast. Handheld translation audio devices will not be made available to the media.

1.4. Headquarters of the General Assembly

The 52^nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will take place on October 5 to 7, 2022, at the Lima Convention Center (LCC), in Lima, Peru.

1.5. OAS Member States

* On June 3, 2009, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Americas adopted resolution GA/RES. 2438 (XXXIX‐O/09), which resolves that the Resolution from 1962 through which the Government of Cuba was excluded from participating in the inter‐American system is without effect in the Organization of American States (OAS). The 2009 resolution declares that the participation of the Republic of Cuba in the OAS will be the result of a process of dialogue to begin at the request of the Government of the Republic of Cuba and in conformity with the practices, goals, and principles of the OAS.

2. Press accreditation and information prior to the event

2.1. Accreditation

Requests for accreditation will be accepted from September 1 until Friday, September 23. To receive accreditation; the applicant must fill out a form found on the webpage https://cvent.me/0VzBmm

Once the required information is received and processed, the applicant will receive an email concerning acceptance and approval of accreditation.

2.2. Requirements

Requests for accreditation must be made individually, only online and must be made through the OAS General Secretariat. Each request must include a digitalized (PDF) note no larger than 1Mb from the director of the media company requesting accreditation that must indicate the name and function of the press official to be accredited.

Furthermore, the applicant must include a recent passport-sized color photograph in JPEG format.

All media representatives are requested to provide all the information indicated on the form in order to obtain their credentials. At the time of registration the applicant must enter a personal e-mail.

2.3. Picking up your credentials

The delivery of press credentials will take place at the Ministry of Culture, entering by Av. Javier Prado Este 2465, San Borja, at the following times:

• Sunday, October 2 from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 (Local time)
• Monday, October 3 from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 (Local time)
• Tuesday, October 4 from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 (Local time)
• Wednesday, October 5 from 08:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 (Local time)
• Thursday, October 6 from 08:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 a 17:00 (Local time)
• Friday, October 7 from 08:00 to 12:00 (Local time)

For reasons of security and access, members of the press MUST present this letter to enter the Accreditation Center.

During the General Assembly, in addition to the OAS‐issued press credentials, members of the press must present their own identification card issued by the media organization they represent. They must visibly display these two documents (OAS credential and media identification) on their persons in order to obtain access to the meetings and events to which they have been invited.

2.4. Requirements for entering and leaving the country

Awaiting information.

2.5. Security and technical inspection

If journalists accredited to cover the activities in the framework of the OAS General Assembly plan to bring journalistic equipment such as cameras, among others, to Peru, they must apply to the Peruvian consulates abroad for the corresponding journalist visa.

The visa, which has no cost, gives journalists the facility to enter their equipment into Peruvian territory exempt from any type of payment before customs.

In order to process the aforementioned visa before the consulates, they must fill out the forms for 1) Visa and 2) Temporary internment of equipment and material for professional use.

2.6. Press conferences

All press conferences held during the General Assembly will take place in a room designated for the purpose.

Press conferences will have interpretation in Spanish and English.

At the end of the press conference, video, audio, photographs and press releases will be made available.

2.7. Advisories and Press Communications

All official documents, advisories, press releases, photo galleries and announcements will be published on the official website of the General Assembly www.oas.org/en/52ga ) and sent to the media representatives to the email address given on the press credential application.  If you would like to receive the communications at some other email address, please write to [email protected] .

To receive updates on events, announcements, photographs and press releases from the General Assembly, follow @OAS_official on Twitter and/or #OEA_52AG and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/OASofficial.

3. Areas and services for the media

3.1. International Media Center

Journalists will have at their disposal the International Media Center located in the Huallamarca Room on the 4th floor of the Lima Convention Center - LCC (206 La Arqueología Street, San Borja, Lima), where the Assembly sessions will take place.

Journalists will have access to computers with an Internet connection, as well as electrical connections for their own equipment.

This center will offer the following services:

• Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi).
• Closed circuit television to monitor the transmission. The inaugural meeting and the plenaries will be broadcast live in the International Media Center. Sound will be original language from the plenary hall. To hear interpretation you will need to connect via webcast /en/media_center/webcast_schedule.asp
• Electricity voltage in Peru is: 220 volts AC, 60 Hz.
• The radio and television transmission center will have a video signal on the screen and original audio. There will be an audio box with 20 outputs in the original language.
• To request high-definition video, contact Mr. Ernesto Cossich at [email protected] .

3.2. Internet

The OAS, through its webpage (www.oas.org) and the official webpage of the General Assembly www.oas.org/en/52ga , will provide live webcast services of the meetings of the Foreign Ministers, the Opening Ceremony, the Plenary Sessions and the Press Conferences in the four official languages of the OAS. The videos will be available on the webpage /en/media_center/videos.asp .

3.3. Plenary Sessions and Press Conferences

If you wish to link the webcast to your website, please send an email to: [email protected]  and/or contact Ernesto Cossich ([email protected] ). Radio and television stations that wish to air the webcast signal are authorized to do so.

The OAS, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/oasoea/ , will have galleries of high resolution photographs from the General Assembly that you may publish with due credit. Similarly, official documents, draft resolutions, reports, speeches, press releases and other documents will become immediately available on the Assembly’s Web page.

3.4. Photographers and cameramen/women

Photographers and cameramen/women will be allowed to take images of particular events to be announced in due time. Among them are the following:

• Inaugural ceremony
• First plenary session on each of the two days of the General Assembly
• Closing ceremony
• Closing ceremony press conference

3.5. Press “pools”

If necessary, press "pools" are groups of limited size of media representatives (photographers and camera operators) who will be granted access to those events in which space is limited in order to capture images. The makeup of these “pools” will be announced in due time.

3.6 Official photo

The official photograph will be taken on Thursday, October 6, at 1 p.m. (local time) on the Esplanade (floor 2) of the Lima Convention Center - LCC.

3.7 Audio and Video

The National Institute of Radio and Television of Peru - IRTP, through the public channel TV Peru, will act as the host channel of the 52nd General Assembly of the OAS, in charge of transmitting and distributing the signal to all interested media.

In the International Media Center, there will be an audio and video distribution center to obtain the signal of the sessions in the official languages ​​of the Organization (Spanish, French, English and Portuguese). Journalists are responsible for bringing the appropriate material to make the connections.

In the Press Room service is available for audio and video signal plenary sessions. Journalists are responsible for any needed cables and/or adapters.

4. Hotels and Interesting Tips

4.1. Recommended Hotels for the press

Andean House

+51 1 3916500 / +51 1 2139700, annexes 3741, 3786 - [email protected]

• Casa Andina Select Miraflores (452 ​​Schell Street, Miraflores - 416-7500 / 963 764 013)
• Casa Andina Premium Miraflores (Av. La Paz 463, Miraflores - 01 213-4300 / 993 561 870)
• Casa Andina Standard Benavides (Av. Alfredo Benavides 271, Miraflores - 01 379 1610 / 963 764 016)
• Casa Andina Standard San Antonio (Av. 28 de Julio 1088, Miraflores - 01 241-4050 / 997 573 511)

AccorHotels

• ibis Lima Larco Miraflores (Av. Larco 1140, Miraflores - 634 8888 / [email protected])
• ibis Styles Lima Benavides Miraflores (Av. Benavides 1740, Miraflores - 730 1300 / [email protected])
• ibis Lima Reducto Miraflores (Av. Reducto 1057, Miraflores - 415 1111 / [email protected])
• ibis budget Lima Miraflores (Calle Alcanfores 677, Miraflores - 730 1700 / [email protected]).
• Novotel Lima San Isidro (Victor Andrés Belaunde 198, San Isidro - 315 9999 / [email protected])
• Manto Hotel Lima - MGallery, ex. Foresta Lima San Isidro ( Calle Los Libertadores 490 - 630 0000 / [email protected])

5. Useful information

5.1 Vaccination

Non-resident foreigners whose final destination is the Peruvian territory as passengers and regardless of the country of origin, must have the vaccination according to the scheme of their country of origin or, failing that, an RT-PCR test for COVID-19. 19, with a negative result issued up to 48 hours before shipment by a health institution of the country of origin (Supreme Decree No. 069-2022-PCM).

In addition, you must present your Affidavit of Health, previously filled out and signed by each passenger (https://e-notificacion.migraciones.gob.pe/dj-salud/).

These requirements may be updated at any time by the Government of Peru.

5.2 Time zones/hours

The time zone in the city of Lima is UTC/GTM - 5 hours (one hour less than in Washington in the month of October).

Shops open at 9:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, non-stop, and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., while the large shopping centers open every day from the week, with hours until 9:00 p.m.

5.3 Climate

At the time of the General Assembly, Lima will have an average temperature of approximately 18 to 25 °C (64.4 to 77 °F).

5.4 Taxes

The rate of the General Sales Tax - IGV is 18%, including the 2 percentage points for Municipal Promotion Tax.

5.5 Electric current

The electric current in Peru is 220 volts AC and the most common plugs are used: Type A (two parallel rectangular slots), Type B (two parallel slots plus a third circular pin) and Type C (two circular pins ).

6. Agenda (AG/doc.5647 corr. 1)