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OAS to Execute a Firearms Marking Project in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Feb-12
- Organization of American States
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Feb. 7, 2012 - The Organization of American States (OAS) will execute its program "Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean" in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Panama and Peru according to a Cooperation Agreement signed today, which establishes that the four countries will receive the necessary equipment to identify weapons and process registration information.
Convened by the OAS, Ministers of Public Security in the Americas Agree to Cooperate to Improve Police Training and Technology Management in the Hemisphere
- By S Coward
- Published 21-Nov-11
- Crime/Security , Organization of American States
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Nov. 21, 2011 - The highest authorities of Public Security in the Americas Nov. 20
concluded their meeting in Port of Spain with the adoption of a series
of concrete recommendations to strengthen police training and use of new
technologies in the hemisphere. The recommendations will be
communicated to the Heads of State at the Sixth Summit of the Americas,
to be held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) in April 2012.
With OAS Support, Trinidad and Tobago to Launch the Country’s First Drug Treatment Court in 2012
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Oct-11
- Organization of American States , Legal
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Oct. 23, 2011 - Trinidad and Tobago will launch the country’s first Drug Treatment Court in 2012, to include technical assistance, training and cooperation from the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS).
OAS Urges More Focus on Renewable Energy in the Caribbean
- By S Coward
- Published 21-Oct-11
- Environment/Energy , Organization of American States
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Oct. 21, 2011 -The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States
(OAS), Albert Ramdin, is urging policymakers and leaders in the
Caribbean to invest in more substantial renewable energy options, in the
interest of energy security.
OAS Press statement on the second round of presidential and legislative elections in Haiti
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Mar-11
- CARICOM , Organization of American States , Government, Politics, Int'l Relations
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March 22, 2011 - The OAS-CARICOM Joint Electoral Observation Mission has observed
through the 201 observers that it deployed throughout the country that
the second round of the presidential and legislative elections was
quite an improvement in many ways on the first round
OAS Secretary General Concludes Consultations on Haiti with CARICOM Heads of Government
- By S Coward
- Published 26-Feb-11
- CARICOM , Organization of American States
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Feb. 26, 2011 - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS),
José Miguel Insulza, and Heads of Government from the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) today concluded extensive consultations on
developments in Haiti, specifically the ongoing electoral process and
the work of the Joint OAS-CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission (JEOM).
The OAS-CARICOM Joint Election Observation Mission in Haiti Continuing to Observe
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Dec-10
- Government, Politics, Int'l Relations , Organization of American States
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Dec. 7, 2010 -- The Joint OAS-CARICOM Election Observation Mission (JEOM) in Haiti
continues to be active throughout the entire country and has maintained
a presence in the Vote Tabulation Centre (VTC).
OAS-CARICOM Joint Electoral Observation Mission on Haiti’s Presidential & Legislative Elections of 28 November 2010
- By S Coward
- Published 30-Nov-10
- Government, Politics, Int'l Relations , Organization of American States , CARICOM
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Nov. 30, 2010-- The JEOM has considered whether the irregularities it observed were of
the magnitude and consistency that would invalidate the legitimacy of
the process. Based on its observations in the eleven electoral
departments, the Joint Mission does not believe that these
irregularities, serious as they were, necessarily invalidated the
process.
The OAS-CARICOM Joint Mission in Haiti makes a new appeal for calm
- By S Coward
- Published 26-Nov-10
- Government, Politics, Int'l Relations , Organization of American States
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Nov. 26, 2010 -- The OAS-CARICOM Joint Election Observation Mission in Haiti deplores
the significant increase in pre-election violence which has tarnished
the last days of the election campaign.
OAS and CARICOM to Send Joint Electoral Observation Mission to Haiti
- By S Coward
- Published 26-Jul-10
- CARICOM , Organization of American States
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July 26, 2010 -- During a recent meeting of the Group of Friends of Haiti, the Assistant
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert
R. Ramdin, informed that the hemispheric organization and the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) will send a joint Electoral Observation Mission to
Haiti in preparation for the legislative and presidential elections of
November 28.
OAS Mission to Observe Consitutional Referendum in St. Vincent & Grenadines
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Nov-09
- Organization of American States , Government, Politics, Int'l Relations
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Nov. 23, 2009 -- The Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the Hemispheric Organization, Ambassador La Celia A. Prince, signed Friday an agreement to establish the basic terms of the OAS Mission in charge of observing the National Referendum to be carried out by this nation on November 25th.
OAS & World Bank Launch "Caribbean Emergency Legislation Project”
- By S Coward
- Published 12-Jan-09
- Organization of American States , Legal
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Bridgetown -- Jan. 12, 2009 -- The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the General
Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), with the
support of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(World Bank), launched today the Caribbean Emergency Legislation
Project (CELP), and held the project’s First Steering Committee Meeting
in Bridgetown, Barbados
OAS Electoral Observation Mission Presents Report on Saint Lucia 2011 Elections
- By S Coward
- Published 02-Feb-12
- Organization of American States
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Feb. 2, 2012 - The Chief of the Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral
Observation Mission (EOM) that accompanied the November 2011 general
elections in Saint Lucia, Rosina Wiltshire, presented a report today
before the Permanent Council that included recommendations to update the
voters’ registry and improve transparency of campaign financing, among
other things.
Report Presented at OAS Highlights the Growing Economic Benefits of the Creative Industries
- By S Coward
- Published 29-Jan-12
- Organization of American States
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Jan. 29, 2012 - The
Organization of American States (OAS) received a report from the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the economic importance of
the creative industries in 30 countries of the world, including various
Member States, that highlighted the rapid growth of the sector -- 2.5
times faster than the average growth of economies in general—and the
significant contributions it makes to the development of countries.