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OAS Secretary General Meets with Secretary of State for Telecommunications of Spain

  November 7, 2014

OAS Secretary General Meets with Secretary of State for Telecommunications of Spain
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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today received the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society of Spain, Victor Calvo Sotelo, at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, DC.

Secretary General Insulza and Secretary of State Calvo Sotelo talked about the different experiences of Europe and the Western Hemisphere in telecommunications and new information technologies. They also agreed on the importance of exchanging ideas on advances in European laws on data protection, and the model law that the OAS has promoted in the region in the area of transparency and access to information.

The meeting was also attended by the Permanent Observer of Spain to the OAS, Jorge Hevia, and the OAS Director of the Department of International Law, Dante Negro.

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: FNE-16295