Speeches by the Assistant Secretary General

CEREMONY TO LAUNCH THE VI INTER-AMERICAN WEEK FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Washington, DC
August 7, 2023
LAUNCH OF THE REPORT OF THE PAHO HIGH-LEVEL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH AND COVID-19
Washington, DC
June 9, 2023
FIGHTING THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION
Washington, DC
March 20, 2023
PAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (PADF) BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Bogotá, Colombia
March 9, 2023
MENTAL HEALTH SIDE EVENT AT THE 30TH PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE
Washington, DC
September 27, 2022
JOINT MEETING OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL AND THE INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT “STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF THE OAS IN ADVANCING DISASTER RESILIENCE IN THE HEMISPHERE” OVERVIEW OF THE OBJECTIVES, OUTLOOK AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM AG/RES. 2979
Washington, DC
June 29, 2022
OPENING REMARKS BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL NESTOR MENDEZ OPENING CEREMONY - VI YOUNG AMERICAS FORUM
Los Angeles, California
June 8, 2022
IX SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS- SIDE EVENT GROW: BRINGING PROSPERITY TO MIGRATION PRONE AREAS IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Los Angeles, California
June 7, 2022
COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY (CHS) “COUNTERING THE CHALLENGES OF TRAFFICKING AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AND IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY TO ADVANCE THE RESILIENCE OF SMALL-ISLAND AND LOW-LYING COASTAL DEVELOPING STATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.”
Washington, DC
May 26, 2022
PAHO HIGH-LEVEL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH AND COVID-19
Washington, DC
May 6, 2022
SECOND CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON TRANSPARENCY IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS (CITAAC)
Washington, DC
April 19, 2022
WEBINAR - REPARATIONS FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE AMERICAS: A NECESSARY AND PENDING DEBATE?
Washington, DC
March 24, 2022
FIRMA DEL ACUERDO DE COOPERACIÓN ENTRE EL GOBIERNO DE LA REPÚBLICA DEL PERÚ Y LA SECRETARÍA GENERAL DE LA OEA PARA LA LUCHA CONTRA LA CORRUPCIÓN
Lima, Perú
February 25, 2022
51ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESS CONFERENCE
Washington, DC
November 10, 2021
“A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO ADVANCING DISASTER RESILIENCE IN THE HEMISPHERE/CARIBBEAN”
Washington, DC
July 1, 2021
“THE WORK OF THE OAS IN THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL DISASTERS: BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF THESE CHALLENGES”
Washington, DC
June 7, 2021
“20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTER AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CHARTER”
Washington, DC
March 30, 2021
ENDING SLAVERY’S LEGACY OF RACISM: THE IMPERATIVE FOR STRENGTHENING JUSTICE AND RESILIENCE IN AFRO-DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES IN THE AMERICAS IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 IV INTER-AMERICAN WEEK FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE AMERICAS
Washington, DC
March 26, 2021
25TH ANNUAL WOMEN AMBASSADORS CONFERENCE: DIPLOMACY IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC PANEL ON "SOCIAL INCLUSION IN THE AMERICAS: AFRO-LATINOS AND THE UN DECADE FOR PEOPLES OF AFRICAN DESCENT." HOWARD UNIVERSITY,
Washington, DC
March 26, 2021
PADF BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Washington, DC
November 18, 2020
MEETING OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION (IACNDR) NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Washington, DC
November 9, 2020
SPECIAL PERMANENT COUNCIL TO MARK ASSUMPTION OF SECOND TERM OF OFFICE OF ASG MENDEZ
Washington, DC
July 17, 2020
MEETING ON THE SPECIAL SECURITY CONCERNS OF THE SMALL ISLAND AND LOW-LYING COASTAL DEVELOPING STATES OF THE CARIBBEAN "THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE PERSISTENT MULTIDIMENSIONAL SECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF THE SMALL ISLAND AND LOW-LYING COASTAL DEVELOPING STATES OF THE CARIBBEAN."
Washington, DC
June 25, 2020
MEETING OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION (IACNDR) COVID-19 AND THE 2020 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON: PREPARING FOR COMPOUNDING DISASTERS
Washington, DC
June 12, 2020
MEETING OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES ON DISABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Washington, DC
June 9, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Washington, DC
May 29, 2020
ELECTIONS ADDRESS
Washington, DC
March 20, 2020
TO ORGANIZATIONS OF CIVIL SOCIETY REGISTERED WITH THE OAS
Washington, DC
March 5, 2020
PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICIES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT (CIDI), ON THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON NATURAL DISASTERS REDUCTION (IACNDR)
Washington, DC
March 3, 2020
CENTRAL AMERICA MIGRATION: CONVERTING A CHALLENGE INTO AN OPPORTUNITY THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
Washington, DC
March 3, 2020
PRESENTATION TO THE OAS PERMANENT COUNCIL
Washington, DC
February 12, 2020
FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION AND THE PRESERVATION OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES: THE ROLE OF YOUTH & TECHNOLOGY
Washington, DC
August 8, 2019
38 ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES OF THE CIM
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
May 7, 2019
“CHILDHOOD THAT MATTERS: THE IMPACT OF DRUG POLICIES ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH IMPRISONED MOTHERS AND FATHERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN”
Washington, DC
April 29, 2019
TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY SPECIAL SESSION ON SMALL ISLAND STATES “MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN SMALL ISLAND AND LOW-LYING COASTAL DEVELOPING STATES OF THE CARIBBEAN IN THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SECURITY CONTEXT OF TRANSNATIONAL AND ORGANIZED CRIME”
Washington, DC
April 25, 2019
REMEMBER SLAVERY: POWER OF THE ARTS FOR JUSTICE
Washington, DC
March 28, 2019
LAUNCH OF OAS PROJECT ON BUILDING DISASTER RESILIENCE OF TOURISM ENTERPRISES IN THE CARIBBEAN
Montego Bay,
January 29, 2019
“GREETINGS” AT THE UNWTO AND GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON JOBS AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH: SMALL AND MEDIUM TOURISM ENTERPRISES (SMTES)
Jamaica
January 29, 2019
LAUNCH OF THE TRAVELING EXHIBITION TO MARK THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, PRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF JAMAICA
Kingston, Jamaica
January 28, 2019
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MAN
Washington, DC
December 4, 2018
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (PADF) BOARD TRUSTEES
Washington, DC
November 15, 2018
COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY
Washington, DC
November 15, 2018
OPENING OF REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUILDING RESILIENCE
Washington, DC
November 6, 2018
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (TTU) ETHICS CENTER GLOBAL ETHICS DAY PANEL
Texas
October 17, 2018
56TH PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION DIRECTING COUNCIL 70TH SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE OF WHO FOR THE AMERICAS
Washington, DC
September 23, 2018
"STRENGTHENING CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS AND FOR BUILDING RESILIENCE TO DISASTERS", SECOND SPECIALIZED CIDI MEETING OF HIGH-LEVEL COOPERATION AUTHORITIES
Washington, DC
September 21, 2018
V REGULAR MEETING SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW GROUP
Washington, DC
September 5, 2018
OPENING REMARKS AT THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (PADF)
Haití
May 10, 2018
THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM PERU, LESSONS LEARNED, AND THE ROAD AHEAD
Washington, DC
April 24, 2018
SPECIAL PERMANENT COUNCIL TO COMMEMORATE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF SLAVERY AND THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE REMEMBER SLAVERY: TRIUMPHS AND STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN THE AMERICAS
Washington, DC
March 23, 2018
FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS: TRADITIONAL HERBAL REMEDIES OF AFRO-DESCENDANTS
Washington, DC
March 22, 2018
OPENING REMARKS OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MENDEZ, LAUNCH OF EXHIBIT "RECLAIMING THE LEGACY OF LEADERS OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE AMERICAS (1801-1910)"
Washington, DC
February 21, 2018
90 YEARS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE AMERICAS: CLOSING THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP
Washington, DC
February 20, 2018
OFFICIAL CLOSE OF THE 12TH IMPLEMENTATION MEETING OF THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION
Washington, DC
December 15, 2017
LAUNCHING OF REGIONAL FORUM UNIVERSAL HEALTH IN THE XXI CENTURY: 40 YEARS OF ALMA-ATA
Quito, Ecudor
December 12, 2017
OPENING OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (PADF)
Washington, DC
November 14, 2017
INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE SIXTH MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
October 10, 2017
OPENING REMARKS AT THE 29TH PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE
Washington, DC
September 25, 2017
SECOND REGULAR MEETING OF 2017 OF THE SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW GROUP (SIRG)
Washington, DC
September 14, 2017
POLICY DIALOGUE “DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AGAINST CORRUPTION”
Washington, DC
September 13, 2017
UPDATE ON HURRICANE IRMA AND EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA
Washington, DC
September 12, 2017
29TH MEETING OF THE MESICIC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS
Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2017
RECEPTION IN HONOR OF THE SBDC PROJECT
Washington, DC
July 21, 2017
SIXTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION (CICAD 61)
Washington D.C.
April 24, 2017
COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION ISSUES (CAM) PANEL - “MIGRATION AND GENDER”
Washington D.C.
April 20, 2017
BUST UNVEILING CEREMONY, RT. HON. SIR LYNDEN PINDLING OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS
Washington D.C.
April 20, 2017
CHS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE SPECIAL SECURITY CONCERNS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES
Washington D.C.
March 23, 2017
REMARKS BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL NESTOR MENDEZ
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: A LOOK AT AFRO-INSPIRED CULTURE IN THE AMERICAS
OAS Hall of the Americas
February 23, 2017
CLOSING REMARKS BY OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL NESTOR MENDEZ AT THE NINTH INTER-AMERICAN MEETING OF MINISTERS OF EDUCATION
Nassau, The Bahamas
February 10, 2017
OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH MOAS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS BY AMBASSADOR NESTOR MENDEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAS
Hall of the Americas, OAS Headquarters
November 30, 2016
OPENING REMARKS AT THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION "CHILD, EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD IN THE AMERICAS" BY AMBASSADOR NESTOR MENDEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAS
Hall of the Americas, OAS Headquarters
November 29, 2016
OPENING OF THE PAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (PADF) 55TH ANNUAL MEETING BY AMBASSADOR NESTOR MENDEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAS
OAS-GSB Building, Padilha Vidal Room
November 15, 2016
UPDATE ON HURRICANE MATHEW BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAS, AMBASSADOR NESTOR MENDEZ
Washington D.C.
October 13, 2016
FINANCE, FINTECH, AND THE FUTURE OF BANKING IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN
Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building
October 5, 2016
THE RELEVANCE OF THE OAS IN PROMOTING A HEMISPHERIC AGENDA
George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs
October 4, 2016
6TH AMERICAS COMPETITIVENESS EXCHANGE ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (ACE)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 26, 2016
GLOBAL CRISIS RESPONSE SUPPORT PROGRAMME (GCRSP) WORKSHOP THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY IN DISASTER RELIEF AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: THE OAS PERSPECTIVE
Bridgetown, Barbados
September 12, 2016
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS PEER TO PEER SEMINAR FOR OAS REPRESENTATIVES
Bridgetown, Barbados
September 12, 2016
CLOSING OF THE FIRST WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CONGRESS: ENVIORNMENTAL RULE OF LAW, JUSTICE AND PLANETARY SUSTAINABILITY
Rio de Janeiro, Bazil
May 3, 2016
UPDATE ON THE RESPONSE OF THE OAS TO THE RECENT ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE PERMANENT COUNCIL
Washington, DC
May 2, 2016
JOINT PC/CIDI MEETING: CLIMATE CHANGE: AN INTER-AMERICAN APPROACH
Washington, DC
April 8, 2016
“TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE CARIBBEAN: CHALLENGES, LESSONS LEARNED AND THE WAY FORWARD”
Washington, DC
April 7, 2016
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE BOARD TO WELCOME THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, HON. MAJOR GENERAL EDMUND DILLON
Washington, DC
April 6, 2016
SOUTH SCHOOL OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE
Washington, DC
March 29, 2016
POLICY ROUNDTABLE: GENDER, PEACE AND SECURITY
Washington, DC
March 17, 2016
CYBERSECURITY: ARE WE READY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN?’
Washington, DC
March 14, 2016
“CITIZEN SECURITY IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN: OUR COMMON CONCERN”
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
March 10, 2016
BREAKING BARRIERS TO JUSTICE: ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Washington DC
March 8, 2016
LECTURE AND RECEPTION IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
Washington DC
February 25, 2016
PRESENTATION OF THE ELIZABETH HAUUB AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY TO H.E. LUIZ ALBERTO FIGUEREIDO MACHADO
Washington, DC
February 11, 2016
1ST COLLOQUIUM ON SOCIAL INCLUSION “INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN IN THE REGION TO ACHIEVE RECOGNITION AND FULL EXERCISE OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES”
Washington, DC
December 8, 2015
VIDANTA FOUNDATION AWARD CEREMONY
Washington, DC
November 18, 2015
THE RIGHT TO GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION AND THE 2030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
Washington, DC
November 2, 2015
“OCEANS AND CLIMATE CHANGE”
Washington, DC
October 26, 2015
10TH IMPLEMENTATION MEETING OF THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION
New York
October 21, 2015
AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD INTER-AMERICAN MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH LEVEL AUTHORITIES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Tela, Honduras
October 19, 2015
SPEECH BY OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL NESTOR MENDEZ, AT THE TENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR GENERAL ATTORNEYS OF THE AMERICAS
Bogotá, Colombia
October 15, 2015
MESOAMERICA 2020 ANNIVERSARY EVENT
Washington, DC
September 21, 2015
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Washington, DC
July 17, 2015
Number of Speeches: 99