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US COMMERCE SECRETARY TO VISIT OAS

  September 29, 2005

The United States Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, will address the Organization of American States (OAS), during a Special Session of its Permanent Council, tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.

Gutierrez will speak on issues pertaining to the future of commerce in the hemisphere, the Summit of the Americas, which will take place in Argentina in November and the next OAS General Assembly taking place in the Dominican Republic next June.

The session will be transmitted live at www.oas.org


WHAT: Special Session of the OAS Permanent Council


WHEN: Friday, September 30
10:00 a.m


WHERE: OAS Headquarters
Hall of the Americas
17th Street & Constitution Ave.
Washington, DC

Reference: AVI-114/05