Borgernes sikkerhed i Nord-, Syd- og Mellemamerika bliver det dominerende tema ved næste års generalforsamling i Orgnisationen af Amerikanske Stater, OAS. Den holdes i juni i en af regionens mest voldelige byer, El Salvadors hovedstad San Salvador.
WASHINGTON, 13 december 2010: Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Hugo Martínez told the Organization’s Permanent Council in Washington, DC, that the theme’s selection “seeks to increase the attention of the Member States on a problem that is being confronted throughout the hemisphere.”
“As Governments, we have a commitment with citizen security. We have been working on this in the Central American region, and now we wish to extend it to the entire hemisphere with your collaboration.”
The head of Salvadoran diplomacy made special emphasis on the need for international collaboration in the fight against citizen insecurity. “We need to further elaborate joint measures and plans to guarantee greater security to our peoples.” Towards that goal, he said, his Government intends “for the Member States to discuss and move forward on the adoption of strategic plans, policies and measures that strengthen international cooperation in the fight against this scourge,” from the harmonization of laws to bringing attention to victims.
The Salvadoran Minister announced he would push a “multidimensional” focus for discussions on the issue, “because the causes of insecurity in the hemisphere also are manifold.”
In his speech before the Permanent Council, Minister Martínez said the presentation of the theme “is a proposal of a general character that we hope may be enriched through the collaboration of each and every one of you, participation by experts from every country and experts from the OAS.”
The Salvadoran Minister also presented before the Permanent Council the logotype for the General Assembly. He explained that it represents two people on either side of a map of the American continent.
