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OAS to Debate “Making Migration a Positive Factor for Development in the Americas” at 52nd Lecture of the Americas

  September 27, 2013

The Organization of American States (OAS) will host on Monday, September 30, the 52nd Lecture of the Americas, which will focus on the issue “Making Migration a Positive Factor for Development in the Americas,” and will be held in the Hall of the Americas at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington DC.

The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, will deliver the welcoming remarks at the event, before a presentation by William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International organization for Migration (IOM), and comments by Susan F. Martin, Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration of Georgetown University. Following this there will be a question and answer session. The closing remarks to the event will be delivered by Sherry Tross, Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the OAS.

The meeting will be broadcast live on the OAS Website.

WHAT: 52nd Lecture of the Americas “Making Migration a Positive Factor for Development in the Americas”

WHEN: Monday, September 30, 2013 at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT)

WHERE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Reference: AVI-231/13