OAS General Assembly Opens In
Lima With crowded Agenda
LIMA - The 40th General Assembly of the
Organization of American States (OAS) opened
in Lima on Sunday, with topics on the agenda
covering poverty reduction, disaster relief
and charter improvement.
Peruvian President Alan Garcia and OAS
General Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza opened
the three-day meeting, with the theme of
"Peace, Security and Cooperation."
Thirty-three of the 35 member states of the
OAS, except Cuba and Honduras, sent
representatives to the assembly.
Topics to be discussed are diverse, with the
Haitian delegation expected to present
measures to tackle natural disasters.
"We hope it to be a great opportunity to
review the measures and reach important
agreement on the problem of natural
disasters," said Foreign Minister Marie Rey,
who headed the Haitian delegation.
Chile will propose improving the
inter-American Democratic Charter which was
approved in 2001, while Peru will propose
measures to strengthen the Charter's
enforcement.
Argentina will seek support from OAS members
for its demand to recover the sovereignty
over the Malvinas Islands, known as the
Falkland Islands in Britain.
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