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OAS Hosts Round Table on Netherlands and Security in the Caribbean

  October 12, 2011

The Organization of American States (OAS) will host tomorrow, October 13, 2011, in Washington, DC, the 33rd OAS Policy Round Table, titled, “Peace and Security: the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean; its geo-strategic importance in advancing security in the region.”

The event will be held from 10:00 to 11:30 EDT (14:00 to 15:30 GMT) in the Hall of the Americas inside the Organization’s Main Building. On this occasion, keynote remarks will be made by the Prime Minister of Aruba, Michiel Godfried Eman, with the participation of the Naval Attaché and Assistant Defense Attaché for the Netherlands in the United States, Jos Coumans, and the OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Adam Blackwell, who will also offer welcoming remarks.

The presentations will be followed by a question and answer session with closing remarks by the Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board (IDB), Guy Thibault.

The Round Table will be broadcast live on the OAS Website.

WHAT: Thirty-third OAS Policy Round Table, “Peace and Security: the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean; its geo-strategic importance in advancing security in the region”

WHEN: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 10:00 to 11:30 EDT (14:00 to 15:30 GMT)

WHERE: Hall of the Americas

17th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Reference: AVI-219/11