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On October 31, 12 senior undergraduates from Ohio State
University attending the Washington Academic Internship Program visited the
OAS historic headquarters. The group received a tour from Aline Hommes,
Specialist, Department of External Relations. Jane Thery, Chief,
Institutional Relations, gave an overview of the Organization. Nelly
Robinson, Program Coordinator for MOAS briefed the students on the OAS Model
Assembly.
On October 30, 32 students studying international
relations at the Université Laval of Canada visited the OAS historic
headquarters. The group received a tour from Aline Hommes, Specialist,
Department of External Relations. Ambassador Graeme Clark, Permanent
Representative of the Mission of Canada to the OAS addressed the students. A
specialized briefing was given by Maryse Robert, Section Specialist,
Department of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness. Nelly Robinson, Program
Coordinator for MOAS briefed the students on the OAS Model Assembly.
On October 30, 37 6th graders from the Woods
Academy, Bethesda, Maryland, visited the OAS historic headquarters. Aline
Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations gave them a tour of the
OAS Main Building. Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin greeted the
students and held a question and answer session with them in his office. The
program also included a walk through the underground painted tunnel with the
theme "Roots of Peace" by Uruguayan Artist Carlos Páez
Vilaró and a visit to the Art Museum of the
Americas where Maria Leyva, Curator of Collections gave them a tour of the
current photo exposition, IMAGING/ IMAGINANDO of Guatemala.
On October 26, 45 undergraduate students from McGill
University visited the OAS historic headquarters. The group received a tour
from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Ambassador
Graeme Clark, Permanent Representative, Mission of Canada to the OAS,
addressed the group on the OAS and spoke on his experience with multilateral
diplomacy. Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations, gave an overview of
the Organization. Mario Lopez, Senior Specialist, Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights, spoke about human rights in
the region.
On October 22, 12 MBA students from Puebla, Mexico with
the Washington Center for Internships visited the OAS headquarters. The
group received a tour from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. Yadira Soto, Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary General
gave an OAS overview.
On October 17, 60 students from ITESM visited the
Historic OAS headquarters. The group received an OAS tour from Aline Hommes,
Specialist, Department of External Relations. Maria Claudia Camacho,
Specialist, Department of Social Development and Labor, gave a specialized
briefing to the group. Alicia Kerber, Permanent Alternate Representative,
Mission of Mexico to the OAS, spoke about the work of the Mission at the OAS
headquarters.
On October 16, 6 representatives from the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic visited the OAS. Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations conducted a tour of the Historic Main Building. Ambassador Roberto Alvarez, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic and Mayerlyn Cordero, Minister Counselor met and spoke with the delegates. Pablo Zuñiga, Principal Specialist, Department of Modernization of the State & Good Governance, Secretariat for Political Affairs discussed the work of his department on promoting democracy.
On October 10, 9 international Paraguayan Legislators
visited the OAS headquarters. The group received an OAS tour from Aline
Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Jane Thery, Chief,
Institutional Relations, gave an overview of the Organization. Carla Poletti,
Alternate Representative, Mission of Paraguay to the OAS also addressed the
representatives.
On October 9, 19 students and 2 professors from the
“Universidad del Valle de México” visited the Historic OAS headquarters. The
group received a tour from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations, gave an overview of
the Organization.
On Otober 8, 2007, the OAS was invited to honor and celebrate the achievements of Christopher Columbus with a national wreath laying ceremony on Columbus Day. Jane Thery of the OAS Department of International Affairs represented the Organization by joining the commemoration in which embassies and the general public laid wreaths at the base of the Columbus Memorial Statue located at Union Station. Speech by the OAS Representative
On October 2, 34 students studying International
Business and Trade at American University visited OAS headquarters. The
group received a tour from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations, gave an overview of
the Organization.
On October 1, 12 interns from the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) visited the OAS headquarters. The group received a tour
from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Irene
Klinger, Director, Department of External Relations, gave an overview of the
Organization.
On September 28, 12 students from The National
Collegiate Security Conference, Model United Nations conference organized by
Georgetown University, visited the Historic OAS headquarters. The group
received an OAS tour from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations, gave an overview of
the Organization.
On September 27, 68 OAS interns received a tour of the
historic building from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations, and a briefing and welcome by Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional
Relations, Department of External Relations. The program also included a
walk through the underground painted tunnel with the theme "Roots of Peace"
by Uruguayan Artist Carlos Páez Vilaró. At the Administrative building, the
interns received a briefing by Beverly Wharton Lake, Director, and Stella
Villagran, Reference Library Specialist, at the Columbus Memorial Library.
The Interns finalized the morning with a tour of the Art Museum of the
Americas given by Maria Leyva, Curator of Collections, Art Museum of the
Americas.
On September 24, 20 Latin American students from The
Washington Center for Internships visited the OAS headquarters. The group
received a tour from Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External
Relations. Jane Thery, Chief, Institutional Relations, gave an overview of
the Organization. Maria del Mar Zavala, Legal Specialist, Sustainable
Development, also gave the group a specialized briefing.
On September 21, 46 students from American University
visited the historic OAS headquarters. The group received an OAS tour from
Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Ambassador
Alberto R. Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, met with the
students and gave them an overview of the Organization. Steven Griner,
Senior Specialist, Department of Electoral Observation and Co-operation,
Secretariat for Political Affairs, gave the group a specialized briefing on
Democracy.
On September 18, 32
students of International Business and Trade from American University
visited the OAS Headquarters. The group received an OAS tour from Aline
Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Jane Thery, Chief,
Institutional Relations gave an overview of the Organization and discussed
policy issues in the Americas.
On September 12, 25 members
of Women In Business (WIB) from San Diego, California visited the OAS
Headquarters. The group received a tour of the Historic Main Building from
Aline Hommes, Specialist, Department of External Relations. Irene Klinger,
Director, Department of External Relations gave an Overview on the
Organization. Pablo Zúñiga, Senior Specialist, Secretariat for Political
Affairs, spoke about democratic participation. Their visit included a tour
of the Art Museum of the Americas with Maria Leyva, Curator of Collections,
Art Museum of the Americas.
On September 10, 12 law
students from American University and 19 law
students from the University of Suriname visited the OAS
Headquarters. The group received an OAS tour from Aline Hommes, Specialist,
Department of External Relations. Ambassador Alberto R. Ramdin, Assistant
Secretary General of the OAS, met with the students and gave them an
overview of the Organization. John Wilson, Legal Advisor, Department of
International Law, also briefed the group on international law in the
Hemisphere.
On September 7, 85 military
officers from “La Escuela de Guerra de Colombia” visited the OAS Headquarters. Counselor J.J.
Quintana, Embassy of Colombia to the White House,
welcomed the group. Ambassador Camilo Ospina, Permanent Representative from
Colombia to the OAS, gave a briefing on the work of the OAS and the
challenges of their work. Irene Klinger, Director, Department of External
Relations, gave the group an overview on the Organization. Bautista Logioco,
Specialist, Department of Crisis Prevention and Special Missions, discussed
the promotion of democracy in the region. Ambassador Alexandre Addor-Neto,
Under Secretary, Secretariat for Multidimensional Security, discussed
multidimensional security in the Americas. Veronica Gómez, Specialist,
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, gave a specialized briefing on
human rights.