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OAS Permanent Council to Discuss Democracy Resiliency in the Americas

  May 12, 2020

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a virtual special meeting on Thursday, May 14 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) to discuss “Supporting Democracy Resiliency in the Americas: Challenges and Best Practices."

The meeting will include presentations by the Secretary General of the Community of Democracies, Thomas Garrett; the Secretary General of International IDEA, Kevin Casas-Zamora; the member of Friends of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, Diego Garcia Sayan; and the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro.

Please consult the agenda of the meeting here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meeting.

The meeting will be broadcast live - with interpretation in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese- on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page

Press Contact: Mónica Reyes ([email protected]).

WHAT: OAS Permanent Council to Discuss Democracy Resiliency in the Americas

WHEN: Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 EDT (14:00GMT)

WHERE: OAS webpage and Facebook page

Reference: AVI-055/20