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PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA TO VISIT OAS

  March 23, 2004

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez will address a protocolary meeting of the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Permanent Councilon Thursday, March 25. This will be the first official visit to the OAS by President Uribe since he assumed the leadership of his country on August 7, 2002.

OAS Secretary General César Gaviria and the Permanent Council’s Chairman, Ambassador Paul Durand of Canada, will also address the protocolary meeting that will be held in the Hall of the Americas.



WHAT: Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez visits OAS

WHEN: Thursday, March 25, 2004

TIME: 10:30 a.m.

VENUE: Hall of the Americas
OAS Main Building
17th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006

The session will be webcast live, via the Internet (www.oas.org)

Reference: AVI-022/04