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Bolivia Assumes Chair of the OAS Inter-American Council for Integral Development
By OAS
Jan 13, 2014 - 4:08:05 PM

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Change of Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) From left to right: Diego Pary, Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the OAS Nestor Mendez, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Belize to the OAS José Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin, OAS Assistant Secretary General Date: January 13, 2014. Place: Washington, DC. Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS

The Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Diego Pary, today assumed the Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the institution, at a ceremony in which he stressed the importance of building collective alliances to advance on the issue of development in the region. Participants in the handover ceremony, held at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, DC, included the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, the Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, the Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Sherry Tross, and Permanent Representatives of the member states.

The leadership of the Council was transferred from the Permanent Representative of Belize, Ambassador Nestor Mendez, whose work in the last six months was recognized by Ambassador Pary. The Bolivian diplomat explained the vision of his government that "democracy is deepened when integral development is an essential element in the design of public policies, and therefore we will translate that vision into the multilateral work we do at this Organization."

Ambassador Pary said that the Social Charter of the Americas, adopted at the OAS General Assembly held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in June 2012, "should become the main instrument of our work, since it contains the foundation for the work to be carried out by CIDI." "We all know that we still face many challenges and that due to the breadth and complexity of the area of integral development there are issues that are not being discussed. However, we have made significant progress in the areas of water resources, education and teacher training, youth employment, tourism, culture and migration, among others, which we will continue to pursue so that they continue with the same dynamic they have had to date," added the Permanent Representative of Bolivia, who encouraged the broad participation of delegates from member states in the discussions of the Council that he will preside over the next semester.

Ambassador Mendez, meanwhile, discussed the role of the CIDI and noted that the OAS Charter "allocates the same level of profile to the Permanent Council as it does to the CIDI, but unfortunately, in recent years the latter has not received the level of prominence it deserves, and that is why we have worked for it to acquire that prominence through a most remarkable and substantial agenda." "Today we are all convinced of the importance of the development agenda in the OAS, which we do not consider a pillar, but a cross-cutting issue that covers all topics of the Organization. Unless we are able to provide development to our people, all the efforts done in human rights, democracy and security are in jeopardy," he said.

The CIDI reports directly to the General Assembly and is intended to promote cooperation among member states for the furtherance of their integral development and, in particular, to help eliminate extreme poverty. The Council is composed of all member states who meet in regular, extraordinary, specialized and/or sectoral meetings.

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