The Summits of the Americas Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) is part of the institutional mechanisms of the Summits of the Americas Process and serves as the institutional memory and technical secretariat of the Summits of the Americas Process and all its organs. In this capacity, it advises and assists the Chair of the Process and the States in all phases of the Summits Process, including the follow-up and implementation phase of Summit mandates and in the preparation of future Summits. It is the technical secretariat of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG), the main executing body of the Summit Process. It also fosters strategic alliances and coordinates the participation of the international and regional entities that make up the Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG) in support of state implementation efforts, and strengthens and promotes the participation of civil society and social actors in the Summits of the Americas Process. The Summits Secretariat was established as a result of a mandate from the Second Summit of the Americas (Santiago, 1998) in which the Heads of State and Government mandated the OAS to serve as the institutional memory and technical secretariat of the Summits of the Americas Process.

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