Organization of American States (OAS)

#PUBLIC procurement processes in the Bahamas, long derided by the US State Department as “opaque,” will be standardised through the Public Procurement Bill 2018, a draft version of which has been submitted to the Organization of American States who released the document. #The bill will bring ...

He said Mr Mitchell had been misleading in his public comments on the situation. #“We travel nowhere that we are not required to travel,” Mr Lloyd said. “For instance, the government of The Bahamas is the chair of the Inter-American Committee at the Organisation of American States. That's required.

Penn recently launched a Model Organization of American States program that will soon engage students from local high schools in Philadelphia. Although many universities nationwide have been participating in MOAS for the past 36 years, Penn has recently joined their legions thanks to two Latin ...

... to Dominica's request for a waiver of its fees to the Organization of American States in the wake of the destruction caused by the hurricane in September ... of Trinidad and Tobago during a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) which was held on the 23rd March, ...

State Rep. Carlos Trujillo of Miami was confirmed by the United States Senate Thursday night and now is officially the U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States. As such, he will serve as one of four deputies to former South Carolina Gov. and current U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The House ...

Carlos Trujillo was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States by the U.S. Senate on Thursday. ... of U.S.-Latin American relations, Carlos Trujillo is an outstanding choice to serve as U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States," Florida Republican Sen.

Miami Republican state Rep. Carlos Trujillo was unanimously approved Thursday as the United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States. His nomination was originally floated by the Trump White House in 2017, well ahead of the Legislative Session that just wrapped, but Democratic U.S. ...

Washington, DC – A photographic exhibition entitled “Reclaiming the legacy of our leaders of African descent in the Americas 1809 – 1910” was mounted at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC. This photo exhibition honoured the African heritage of some of the hemisphere' s most ...

According to a March 20th, 2018 Agence-France Presse (AFP) report, the members of the Organization of American States (OAS) used the seventh annual Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) summit in Buenos Aires last week to support a non-binding resolution aimed at reducing or ...

By BBN Staff: A meeting of the Belize-Guatemala Joint Commission was held today under the auspices of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Teakettle Village, Cayo District. The meeting was headed by the Commissioners of both countries, the Ambassador of Belize in Guatemala H.E. Alexis ...

A principal, autonomous body of the Organization of American States (OAS), the IACHR derives its mandate from the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. The Inter-American Commission has a mandate to promote respect for and to defend human rights in the region and acts as a ...

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Colombia, headed by the former Vice President of Costa Rica, Kevin Casas Zamora, deployed a team of 20 experts and observers to cover the legislative elections and inter-party consultations in six departments and ...

The White House said Pence would use his address to the Organization of American States to call of nations to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to address the country's humanitarian crisis, release political prisoners and hold free and fair elections. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ...

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Colombia today presented its preliminary report on the legislative elections and inter-party consultations held on Sunday, March 12, the first elections in the country since the signing of the Peace Agreements, which ...

Photo: Michael Sloley Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left); and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez (second left), look on as juvenile offenders at the South Camp Correctional ...

Photo: Dave Reid Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), listens to a point being made by the Organization of American States (OAS) Representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van Glaanen Weygel (right), at the opening ceremony of the organisation's 70th ...

The Organization of American States, a continental organization dedicated to addressing Western Hemispheric affairs, urged Venezuela to postpone April's presidential elections and guarantee a “just and free” process with international oversight. The organization passed a resolution with 19 member ...

With President Donald Trump singling out "the communist and socialist dictatorships in Cuba and Venezuela" in his State of the Union address and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson using his first trip to Latin America to rally regional support for tougher measures against Venezuela, the Trump administration ...

WASHINGTON – The Organisation of American States (OAS) says its Permanent Council on Friday held a special session to commemorate the “International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade”.

The increase in political killings “is absolutely unacceptable in an electoral process,” said Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States, which plans to send a team to observe Mexico's July voting. “It's an average of one murder of a candidate every four or five days,” he said in ...