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OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza addresses Ministers of Education from the region, who are meeting in Panama.

Date: May 31, 2007
Place: Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza arrives in Panama for the annual meeting of the General Assembly.

Date: May 31, 2007
Place: Ciudad de Panama en Panama
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The IV Private Sector Forum opens in Panama, a few days before the OAS General Assembly.

Date: May 31, 2007
Place: Panama City, Panama
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with a high-level Swedish delegation, at OAS headquarters.

Date: May 25, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Representatives of OAS member countries meet with Spain's Secretary of State for Ibero-America, Trinidad Jiménez.

Date: May 24, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Trinidad Jiménez, Spain's Secretary of State for Ibero-America, talks about "Spain and the Americas: A Story for the Future," as part of the Lecture Series of the Americas.

Date: May 24, 2007
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Discours | Vidéo | Links
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with Spain's Secretary of State for Ibero-America, Trinidad Jiménez, at OAS headquarters.

Date: May 24, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Discours | Vidéo | Links
At the Inter-American Dialogue, in Washington, OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza talks about challenges to democracy in the Americas.

Date: May 24, 2007
Place: Inter-American Dialogue, - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
A private-sector delegation from Guatemala visits the OAS to discuss trade issues.

Date: May 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.

Date: May 23, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
At the OAS, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime launches a report on the negative effects of crime on the development of Central American countries

Date: May 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, at OAS headquarters.

Date: May 23, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein.

Date: May 22, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets in Washington with Senator Mel Martinez (R-Fla.)

Date: May 22, 2007
Place: Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia leiva
At the OAS, a working group discusses a resolution in support of Haiti, to be presented to the General Assembly.

Date: May 21, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with a delegation from IFES, a nonprofit democracy development organization

Date: May 21, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The OAS presents a donation to Uruguay to help the country respond to the effects of heavy flooding.

Date: May 18, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza met today in Berlin with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Date: May 16, 2007
Place: Berlin, Alemania
Photos: Antonio Correa
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.

Date: May 16, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Joint meeting of the Permanent Council and the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI)

Date: May 16, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets in Rome with Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema, to discuss issues of common interest to Europe and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Date: May 15, 2007
Place: Roma Italia
Photos: Raffaella Pavani
CARICOM Delegation Visits OAS.

Date: May 15, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
At the OAS, an inter-American symposium focuses on early-childhood education.

Date: May 14, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Communiqués de presse | Vidéo | Links
OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, speaks with representatives from civil society about issues to be addressed by the General Assembly in Panama, June 3-5, 2007.

Date: May 11, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Roundtable with Civil Society and Special Meeting of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities on the Hemispheric Agenda

Date: May 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin meets with diplomats from the Netherlands.

Date: May 10, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The Permanent Council pays homage to the late Val McComie, who served as OAS Assistant Secretary General from 1980 to 1990

Date: May 9, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin meets with Jean-Pierre Kingsley, incoming President of the nongovernmental organization IFES.

Date: May 8, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza receives a courtesy visit from Ambassador Dominique Struye de Swielande, Permanent Observer of Belgium to the OAS.

Date: May 8, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The OAS holds a roundtable on trade policy in an era of globalization.

Date: May 8, 2007
Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Ambassador João de Vallera of Portugal presents his credentials to be Portugal's Permanent Observer to the OAS

Date: May 7, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Florida.

Date: May 5, 2007
Place: University of South Florida.
Photos: OEA
Meeting at the OAS of the Working Group charged with drafting an Inter-American Convention against Racism.

Date: May 4, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno close the “Vanguardia 2007” conference.

Date: May 4, 2007
Place: Inter-American Development Bank, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
At OAS headquarters, Secretary General José Miguel Insulza opens an art exhibition called "Fiesta of Colors."

Date: May 3, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
At the OAS, a working group fine-tunes the texts of the Inter-American Program for Sustainable Development.

Date: May 3, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The OAS hosts a roundtable discussion on "Public Security in Latin America and the Caribbean." 

Date: May 3, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The OAS and the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico, sign a cooperation agreement

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
Regular meeting of the OAS Permanent Council

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Ambassador Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the OAS, speaks for the first time in the Permanent Council.

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza addresses participants at a "Latin Vanguard 2007" roundtable discussion, held at Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) headquarters.

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: Inter-American Development Bank - Washington, DC
Photos: Cortesía del BID
Communiqués de presse
The Council of the Americas honors OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza with its annual Chairman's Award for Leadership in the Americas.

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: Departamento de Estado, Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse
Nicaragua's new Ambassador to the OAS, Denis Moncada, presents his credentials to OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
The OAS Permanent Council discusses "Migrant populations and migration flows in the Americas."

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
Communiqués de presse | Discours | Vidéo
The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) begins its semiannual regular session

Date: May 2, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
An Israeli diplomatic delegation meets with OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin

Date: May 1, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Patricia Leiva
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with representatives of Human Rights Watch.

Date: May 1, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA
The OAS and Guatemala sign an agreement related to the observation of that country's September elections.

Date: May 1, 2007
Place: OAS Building - Washington, DC
Photos: Juan Manuel Herrera - OEA