Tag: Jose Miguel Insulza

• Saturday, April 5th 2014 - 04:18 UTC

  Antipersonnel mines day: Central America cleared; in Colombia rebels continue planting them

  

  OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza participated on Friday in Colombia in a ceremony commemorating the International Day against Antipersonnel Mines, where he described the effort and commitment of OAS to eradicate the scourge and bring rehabilitation to survivors as a “high priority.”

• Friday, March 7th 2014 - 05:02 UTC

  OAS leader compares the 'dynamic imbalance' in trade talks EU/US and EU with Mercosur

  

  The dynamic imbalance in trade negotiations is clearly evident in the case of trade negotiations of Canada and the US with the European Union, and what happens with EU/Mercosur trade talks that have been going for seventeen years, with no clear results yet, according to OAS Secretary General Miguel Insulza.

• Monday, February 24th 2014 - 05:00 UTC

  Insulza suggests 'outside players' could help reach an agreement in Venezuela

  

  Organization of American States, OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza has suggested the participation of 'outside players' in Venezuela to try and lower the pressure and consequences of the current situation in the country. Insulza made the suggestion in a letter published by several newspapers from the region, but underlining that it is Venezuelans that must reach an understanding to overcome the situation.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2014 - 05:13 UTC

  OAS expresses concern about Tuesday's protests in Venezuela, calls for dialogue

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS), expressed concern on Monday over the possibility that new protests in the streets of the capital of Venezuela “could lead to more acts of violence that would only further separate the positions of the government and the opposition and polarize to an even greater degree the sensitive political moment the South American country is going through.”

• Sunday, January 26th 2014 - 12:36 UTC

  Belize and Guatemala agree on 'road map' to address the territorial dispute

  

  Belize and Guatemala agreed at the headquarters of the Organization of American States on a “Road Map and Plan of Action”, which has as its main objective the strengthening of the bilateral relationship between the two countries during 2014 in order to make concrete the holding of popular consultations to enable the consideration of the territorial dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 21:27 UTC

  Former Public Security minister, new Argentine ambassador before OAS

  

  The new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the Organization of American States (OAS), Nilda Garré, presented credentials that accredit her to the hemispheric institution, during a ceremony held at the OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:57 UTC

  OAS recalls Martin Luther King’s historic speech “I have a dream”

  

  The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza recalled on Wednesday the 50 years since the historic address by the great civil rights leader in the United States, Martin Luther King, “in which he shared his dream of inclusion and his will to put an end to racial discrimination using non-violent means.”

• Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:17 UTC

  OAS calls for respect and self determination for Indigenous Peoples

  

  Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General José Miguel Insulza commemorated on Friday the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a call for the protection of the all native peoples of the Americas and urged the full implementation of treaties and other agreements that states have adopted internationally and especially in the Inter-American context.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 02:49 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez will chair Security Council debate on UN relations with regional organizations

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be chairing next Tuesday a meeting of the United Nations Security Council that will be addressing the relations of Latam and Caribbean regional and subregional organizations with UN in helping prevent conflicts and restore peace, was announced by the Argentine ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 05:12 UTC

  Insulza meets Hague and presents report on the Drug Problem in the Americas at Chatham House

  

  Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday presented in London the Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas during a forum organized by Chatham House in which political authorities and experts in the issue took part.