From:TheBahamasWeekly.com
OAS holds meeting on Hurricane Matthew
By Oswald Brown
Oct 7, 2016 - 6:19:03 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Hurricane Matthew continued its
destructive rampage along Florida’s Atlantic Coast, after inflicting tremendous
damage in The Bahamas throughout Thursday and Friday morning, the Organization
of American States (OAS) Inter-American Emergency Aid Committee convened a
second meeting at the OAS on Friday, October 7, 2016, to address the situation in the affected
nations of the Caribbean.
Representatives of Member States affected by
Hurricane Matthew, including The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and Haiti,
were invited to the meeting that was also attended by representatives of the
OAS, PAHO/WHO, Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) and the Pan American
Development Fund.
In photo number one,
His Excellency Dr. Eugene Newry (left), Bahamas Ambassador to the United
States, is picture addressing the meeting. Also pictured are OAS Assistant
Secretary General Nestor Mendez (center) and His Excellency Harvel Jean
Baptiste, Haiti’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OAS. In photo
number to, Mr. Chet Neymour, Deputy Chief of Mission at The Bahamas Embassy,
addresses the meeting.
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