SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras

At the Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly here in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, OAS member states and representatives from the business sector agreed on Monday for need to deepen co-operation. The meeting was part of a series of dialogues held separately between representatives from the 34 Member States, representatives of workers, civil society and permanent observers.

OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, stressed that the meeting and the collaboration between private sector and OAS “has been and continues to be of utmost importance to all our Member States.  I commend you for your continued engagement and the creativity with which you have been working with the OAS,” he said.

Following up on the recent Fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain in April, Ramdin highlighted that “the key is implementation.” “We must transform words and ideas into concrete actions,” he added.

Ramdin reminded the meeting of the significance that the OAS attaches to public-private partnerships as a vehicle for promoting development, economic growth and uphold government values and the rule of law.

The Vice Minister of Foreign Relations of Honduras, Patricia Licons, who moderated the debate, said the dialogue offered a “great opportunity for an exchange of opinion and points of view regarding the topics in the Inter-American agenda, the follow up of the Summit of the Americas as well as the theme of this OAS General Assembly: 'Toward a culture of Non Violence.'”

Reprinted from Caribbean Net News

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