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SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
Description
The Summits of the Americas Department forms part of the institutional mechanisms of the Summits of the Americas Process and provides support in the areas of implementation, outreach, and follow up of Summit mandates.
The role of the OAS in the Summit Process has been transformed in the last ten years. In the First Summit of the Americas , held in Miami in 1994, several international organizations contributed documents and suggestions that were considered by the coordinators and participants of the Summit. At the OAS, the Permanent Council, with the Secretary General, prepared a document that drafted the OAS’s possible contributions to the Summits of the Americas. The OAS Secretary General, Cesar Gaviria, attended the Summit and talked about the importance of this event for inter-American relations and for building trust amongst the countries and institutions of the inter-American system.
This was the beginning of the Summit Process, as institutionalized in the framework of hemispheric relations. This process sought to gather experiences, develop a common language, and create consensus on mandates for collective actions on topics of regional interest.
Contact
- OrganizationofAmerican States
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- WASHINGTON DC
- United States 20006-4400
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- +1.2024583000
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