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LIVE OAS WEBCAST PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT
ISSUES OF CHILDREN AND ENVIRONMENT

  April 10, 2003

Children and the Environment will be the focus of discussion in the next Today in the Americas/Despejando Dudas series, a live webcast program produced by the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Department of Public Information.
The broadcast will take place on Monday, April 14, on the occasion of Pan American Day, beginning at 10:00 a.m., from the OAS TV studios in Washington, D.C.
Panelists for this roundtable discussion, which will be conducted in English and then in Spanish, are Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Mirta Roses; Director General of the Uruguay-based Inter-American Children’s Institute (IACI), Alejandro Bonasso; and Director of the OAS Sustainable Development and Environment Unit, Richard Meganck.
Dr. Bonasso will join the discussion through a live video conference link-up from Montevideo, Uruguay.

What: Webcast program Today in The Americas on Children and the Environment

When: Monday, April 14, 10:00 -10:30 - English
10:30- 11:00 - Spanish
Where: OAS Public Information TV Studio

Moderators: English: Ian Edwards
Spanish: Mario Martínez y Palacios

The discussion will be webcast live, via the Internet at: www.oas.org.

Reference: AVI-026/03