OAS AND COLOMBIA KICK START THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS PROCESS FOR 2012
October 29, 2009
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The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Colombia on Thursday kick started the process towards the Summit of the Americas 2012 in the meeting of the Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG), held at OAS Headquarters in Washington, DC.
The meeting, hosted by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and co-chaired by the Vice Minister of Foreign Relations of Colombia, Clemencia Forero Ucros, was attended by representatives from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), the International Organization for Migrations (IOM), the International Labor Office (ILO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). All international organizations in the JSWG expressed their full support to the Colombian hosts of the Summit.
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Interview with the Permanent Representative from Colombia to the OAS, Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos
September 25, 2009
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Transfer of the Chairmanship of the Summits Process to the Colombian Government
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SUMMITS CHAIRMANSHIP TRANSFERRED TO COLOMBIA
September 21, 2009
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 The formal transfer of the chairmanship of the Summits of the Americas Process, on September 21, 2009, was marked by the passing of the statue “Inukshuk”, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, His Excellency Jaime Bermudez Merizalde. This statue, a landmark that was created by the Inuit peoples of North America, was described by Minister Gopee-Scoon as “a symbol of guidance, cooperation and the unity of our peoples”.
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V SUMMIT, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2009
IV SUMMIT, Mar del Plata, Argentina 2005
SPECIAL SUMMIT, Monterrey, Mexico 2004
III SUMMIT, Quebec City, Canada 2001
II SUMMIT, Santiago, Chile 1998
SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 1996
I SUMMIT, Miami, USA 1994
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