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« March 2006 »

OAS, IICA and PAHO Study Possible Impact of Avian Flu in the Americas

Date: March 31, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
Nicaragua Notifies OAS that Free Trade Agreement with the United States Will Take Effect April 1

Date: March 31, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Press Briefing on Avian Flu

Date: March 31, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
The Ambassador of the Holy See presents credentials to OAS Secretary General

Date: March 30, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso speaks at OAS Lecture Series of the Americas

Date: March 30, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Links | Documents
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza addresses anti-corruption experts meeting at OAS headquarters.

Date: March 30, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room OAS - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo | Links
Farewell to Ambassador Maria Tamayo, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the OAS and Ambassador Salvador E. Rodezno Fuentes, Permanent Representative of Honduras to the OAS

Date: March 29, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: March 29, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Vidéo
The OAS Permanent Council welcomes President-Elect René Préval of Haiti

Date: March 29, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
Signing of agreement between the OAS and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

Date: March 29, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Commemoration of 100th anniversary of the Inter-American Juridical Committee

Date: March 29, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Links
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin speaks to Future World Leaders/Presidential Classroom

Date: March 28, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse
Japan makes contribution to OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Peru

Date: March 28, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse
Special Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Culture

Date: March 28, 2006
Place: Ruben Dario Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Mechanism for Follow-up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, Ninth Meeting of the Committee of Experts

Date: March 27, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room OAS - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo | Links
Mechanism for Follow-up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, Informal Meeting with Civil Society Organizations

Date: March 27, 2006
Place: Padilha Vidal Room OAS - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo | Links
Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs places a reef at the statute of Galo Plaza at the OAS

Date: March 22, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
Special Meeting of the Permanent Council to receive Francisco Carrión Mena, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador

Date: March 22, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Francisco Carrión Mena, Visits the OAS

Date: March 22, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
Vice President of Honduras Visits OAS Secretary General

Date: March 21, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
The Chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas, Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette of Canada, meets with OAS Secretary General.

Date: March 21, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons, Margarita, Venezuela

Date: March 17, 2006
Place: Isla Margarita, Venezuela 
Photos: Eduardo Fragnaud
Press Conference: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Date: March 17, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
France contributes funds to support the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' activities in Haiti.

Date: March 16, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse
Thirty-Second Special Session of the OAS General Assembly

Date: March 15, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Links | Documents
Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, Carlos Morales Troncoso, gives a press conference at the OAS.

Date: March 15, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Special meeting of the OAS Permanent Council to receive the Dominican Republic's Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Morales Troncoso

Date: March 15, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Documents
Signing of the agreement for the Dominican Republic to host the next regular session of the OAS General Assembly, which will take place June 4-6.

Date: March 15, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Economist Jeffrey Sachs talks about "New Approaches to Economic Directions in Latin America,” as part of the Lecture Series of the Americas.

Date: March 14, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo | Links
Economist Jeffrey Sachs, keynote speaker in the Lecture Series of the Americas, meets with OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and several diplomats from the region.

Date: March 14, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo | Links
The OAS Secretary General meets with representatives of several regional bodies and institutions to help strengthen cooperation in meeting common goals for the hemisphere.

Date: March 14, 2006
Place: Miranda Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
First meeting of the Joint Consultative Organ on Natural Disaster Reduction and Risk Management

Date: March 13, 2006
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza receives Ambassador of Argentina responsible for the "White Helmets" project, Gabriel Fuks

Date: March 12, 2006
Place: OAS headquarters
Photos: OEA
OAS Secretary General at the innauguration ceremony for the Chilean new President, Michelle Bachelet.

Date: March 12, 2006
Place: Palacio Presidencial de Cerro Castillo, en Viña del Mar - Chile
Photos: Fotos Gobierno de Chile
Presentation New Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OAS, Alejandro García Moreno Elizondo.

Date: March 9, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: March 9, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
The Prime Minister of Jamaica, P. J. Patterson, addresses a protocolary session of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: March 9, 2006
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Audio
Diplomats greet the Prime Minister of Jamaica, during a gathering at the residence of the OAS Secretary General.

Date: March 9, 2006
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Audio
Presentation of the Credentials of the New Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OAS, Alejandro García Moreno Elizondo

Date: March 9, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with representatives of an international coalition of nongovernmental organizations committed to defend human rights in the region.

Date: March 8, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Gilberto Cisneros, President of the Chamber of the Americas, meets with OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: March 8, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, based in Costa Rica, meet at OAS headquarters with Secretary General José Miguel Insulza.

Date: March 8, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with Gustavo Manuel de Arístegui y San Román, spokesman for the Popular Party in the Foreign Affairs Committee of Spain's House of Representatives.

Date: March 8, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza signed an agreement with Ambassador Jorge Valero, the Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the OAS, to hold a Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons in Margarita Island, Venezuela.

Date: March 8, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Links
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with Brazilian Minister Jaques Wagner, who heads the Secretariat of Institutional Relations of the Presidency of the Republic.

Date: March 7, 2006
Place: OAS Main Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribero
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
Special meeting of the Permanent Council on "Gender and Development in the Americas"

Date: March 7, 2006
Place: Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Main Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Roberto Ribeiro - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo
OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, meets with the Mayor of Lima, Peru, Luis Castañeda Lossio.

Date: March 2, 2006
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, meets with His Excellency Ambassador Joseph Weyland Permanent Observer of Luxembourg to the OAS

Date: March 2, 2006
Place: OAS Main Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights began its 124th Regular Session

Date: March 1, 2006
Place: Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Main Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Links
Regular Session of the Permanent Council

Date: March 1, 2006
Place: Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Main Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo | Documents