Haiti Geography
Haiti (02/05)
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US Department Of State Post Report
The Host Country Area, Geography, and ClimateLast Updated: 10/31/2002 6:00 PM ... [Read More]
16. Western Hemisphere
The decade bore witness to the triumph of democracy in every country except Cuba and Haiti. It also saw a new era in positive bilateral relations with virtually all countries in the region. Geography, trade, travel, migration, and technology combined to produce an unprecedented level of integration and interdependence. Thus hemispheric issues-crime or migration or economic growth or natural disasters-increasingly had a direct impact on the United States and required new responses. Increasingly, the United States sought to work in partnership with other hemispheric countries to address common problems. The Summit of the Americas process, inaugurated in Miami in 1994, embodied this new cooperative relationship between the United States and its neighbors and facilitated cooperation and integration, with the next Summit scheduled for April 2001 in Quebec. ... [Read More]
Background Notes Archive - International Organizations
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBACKGROUND NOTES: ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATESPUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRSNOVEMBER 1994Official Name: Organization of American StatesPROFILEHeadquarters: Washington, DC.Established: April 14, 1890, as the International Union of American Republics. Became the Pan American Union in 1910, then the Organization of American States in 1948 with the adoption of the OAS Charter in Bogota, Colombia.Purposes: To strengthen peace and security in the hemisphere, promote representative democracy, ensure the peaceful settlement of disputes among members, provide for common action in the event of aggression, and promote economic, social, and cultural development.Members: 35--Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba(1), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, P ... [Read More]
U.S. Department of State FOIA Electronic Reading Room--Post Reports
1Post Reports are written for U.S. Government employees and1family members assigned to diplomatic missions abroad and provide information1about living, housing, and health conditions, as well as recreational, cultural,1and employment opportunities for family members in the host country. Like the1 Background Notes, they also provide an overview of the history, geography, demography,1and political organization of the country--but, unlike the Background Notes,1they contain specific information that is only applicable to U.S. Government1employees on foreign assignment.1 ... [Read More]
Welcome to the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua
111 11 [ Versión en Español]111 1 1111 |Nicaragua Links11 |Narcotics111|About the USA111|U.S. Aid to ... [Read More]
January 2005
"Our commitment to free trade and democracy are really the tip of the iceberg in terms of all that we share in this Hemisphere. Geography, culture, security, and the environment also bring us together in different ways. And that is why our engagement through the Summit process is so far-reaching." [ full text] ... [Read More]
Background Notes Archive - International Organizations
U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Organization of American States, March 1998 Released by the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs. Official Name: Organization of American States PROFILE Headquarters: Washington, DC. Established: April 14, 1890, as the International Union of American Republics. Became the Pan American Union in 1910, then the Organization of American States in 1948 with the adoption of the OAS Charter in Bogota, Colombia. Purposes: To strengthen peace and security in the hemisphere; promote representative democracy; ensure the peaceful settlement of disputes among members; provide for common action in the event of aggression; and promote economic, social, and cultural development.Members: 35--Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba*, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Parag ... [Read More]
Remarks at the Organization of American States
I would also like to recognize the Pan American Institute of Geography and History for the essential technical support it provided to the negotiations between Belize and Guatemala. And I am pleased, as well, that the United States could provide technical assistance from our United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency. The results of this broad, cooperative effort is a comprehensive and creative solution that seeks not only to answer complex legal questions, but also to address the human, environmental, geographic, and commercial problems involved in this dispute. ... [Read More]
Dominican Republic (05/05)
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