Promoting Democracy
On December 6, 2009, an Electoral Observation Mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) will participate in the general elections of Bolivia. This will be the sixth mission the OAS deploys to the South American country... Read more »
For a day, the spirit of the Adjacency Zone Belize-Guatemala was anything but what might be expected of a territory that has been under dispute for more than a century, as hundreds of Guatemalan and Belizean youth joined in a colorful parade, artistic presentations and other activities that were part of a cultural celebration of peace... Read more »
Ensuring a Multidimensional Approach to Security
Every year, hundreds of people, most of them civilians, die or suffer physical harm as a result of anti-personnel mines. To address this scourge, the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1992 created the Assistance Program for Demining in Central America (PADCA), acting on a request from Central American Member States like Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala, whose territories were impacted by more than 180,000 anti-personnel mines... Read more »
Fostering Integral Development and Prosperity
Children and youth from underprivileged neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, interpreted some of the great compositions of Classical music and Haitian folk music arrangements... Read more »
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