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Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
MONTERREY, Mexico— Through the Summits of the Americas process, the countries of the region are taking a multilateral, cooperative approach to confronting many challenges in the region, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), César Gaviria, said.
“The inter-American agenda has grown enormously over these years, largely due to the development of the Summits process,” Gaviria told a press conference Sunday, on the eve of the Special Summit of the Americas.
Gaviria launched an extensive report on progress that has been made in the last three years toward fulfilling the mandates of the Third Summit of the Americas. The report, called “Advancing in the Americas: Progress and Challenges,” was prepared by the OAS Summits of the Americas Secretariat, headed by Irene Klinger.
The Secretary General highlighted several hemispheric achievements, including the adoption of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and the creation and strengthening of mechanisms to combat corruption, arms trafficking, terrorism and illegal drugs. He also underscored the importance of the ongoing work carried out through regular meetings of the region’s ministers of justice, education, trade and labor.
Representatives of Argentina, Mexico and the United States, all past or future Summit host countries, agreed that the Summits of the Americas process has opened the door for a new level of hemispheric consensus.
The U.S. Ambassador to the OAS, John Maisto, stressed the need to ensure that concrete results come out of the Summits process. Noting that “there has progress that can be measured,” he added that it is important to continue setting clear goals.
The Special Summit of the Americas that begins later today will focus on three topics: combating poverty, promoting social development and strengthening democratic governance. “Those are not theoretical topics,” Ambassador Miguel Ruiz-Cabañas of Mexico told the news conference, adding that the debates among the presidents and prime ministers will affect the lives of all citizens of the Americas.
For his part, the Deputy Secretary for Latin American Policies of the Argentina Foreign Ministry, Eduardo Sguiglia, also expressed optimism about the meeting that will take place today and tomorrow in Monterrey. Argentina will host the Fourth Summit of the Americas in 2005.
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