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OAS Secretary General and Bolivian Foreign Minister Host Luncheon for Heads of Delegation and Permanent Observers

  June 3, 2012

OAS Secretary General and Bolivian Foreign Minister Host Luncheon for Heads of Delegation and Permanent Observers
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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza; the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia, David Choquehuanca; and the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, today hosted a luncheon for the heads of delegation of member states and observer countries accredited with the hemispheric organization.

The Secretary General recalled that the entity that he heads was the first to introduce the status of permanent observer, “with the result that, today, 67 countries can take part in the day-to-day activities of the Organization, despite not being part of the Americas.” He said that this link allows them “to keep abreast of developments in the region, exchange ideas with member states, establish close cooperation ties, and look for shared solutions to challenges on the global and hemispheric agenda.”

Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, for his part, invited those present to hold “forums for reflection” and to develop “proposals founded on consensus” that would be of direct benefit to the citizens of the Americas.

The luncheon was held at the Universidad del Valle in Cochabamba as part of the activities of the forty-second regular session of the OAS General Assembly, which opens today and will last until June 5.

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

Reference: FNE-9234