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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan\nInstitute of Global Affairs\n\nProgram on\nLatin Amer
 ica and the Caribbean\n\nLuis Almagro Lemes\n\nSecretary General\, Organiz
 ation of American States (OAS)\n\nThe Challenges of\nDemocracy and Human R
 ights in the Americas:\n\nThe Role of the\nOrganization of American States
  (OAS) as an International Organization\n\nLuis Almagro\nLemes was elected
  Secretary General of the Organization of American States on\nMarch 18\, 2
 015.&nbsp\; The Organization of American States encompasses North and\nSou
 th America and promotes regional solidarity and cooperation among its thir
 ty\nfive member states.Upon taking\nleadership of the OAS\, he announced t
 hat one of the central themes of his\nmandate will be “more rights for mor
 e people.” As Secretary General\, he has\nworked to bring the OAS closer t
 o the new realities in the Hemisphere and\ncontribute to ensuring more dem
 ocracy\, security and prosperity for all. He has\nchampioned initiatives i
 ncluding the Inter-American Human Rights System\, the\nInter-American Judi
 cial Facilitators Program\, and the Mission to Support the\nPeace Process 
 in Colombia.A career\ndiplomat\, Almagro was Foreign Minister of Uruguay f
 rom 2010 to March 1\, 2015\,\nand has extensive regional and international
  experience. In addition\, he was\nelected Senator in the national electio
 ns in Uruguay in October 2014.&nbsp\;\n\nIn 2014 Foreign\nPolicy magazine 
 named him a Leading Global Thinker\, one of ten decision-makers\nin the wo
 rld who have been granted this international distinction.\n \n\nFor inform
 ation on\naccessibility\, or to request accommodation\, please contact Oan
 a Zabava at (315)\n443-9248 or oazabava@syr.edu.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Luis Almagro Lemes - The Challenges of Democracy and  Human Rights 
 in the Americas
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan\nInstitute of Global Affairs</p><p
 >\n\n</p><p>Program on\nLatin America and the Caribbean</p>\n\n<p><b>Luis 
 Almagro Lemes</b></p>\n\n<p>Secretary General\, Organization of American S
 tates (OAS)</p>\n\n<p><b>The Challenges of\nDemocracy and Human Rights in 
 the Americas:</b></p>\n\n<p><i>The Role of the\nOrganization of American S
 tates (OAS) as an International Organization</i></p>\n\n<p>Luis Almagro\nL
 emes was elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States 
 on\nMarch 18\, 2015.&nbsp\; The Organization of American States encompasse
 s North and\nSouth America and promotes regional solidarity and cooperatio
 n among its thirty\nfive member states.</p><p>Upon taking\nleadership of t
 he OAS\, he announced that one of the central themes of his\nmandate will 
 be “more rights for more people.” As Secretary General\, he has\nworked to
  bring the OAS closer to the new realities in the Hemisphere and\ncontribu
 te to ensuring more democracy\, security and prosperity for all. He has\nc
 hampioned initiatives including the Inter-American Human Rights System\, t
 he\nInter-American Judicial Facilitators Program\, and the Mission to Supp
 ort the\nPeace Process in Colombia.</p><p>A career\ndiplomat\, Almagro was
  Foreign Minister of Uruguay from 2010 to March 1\, 2015\,\nand has extens
 ive regional and international experience. In addition\, he was\nelected S
 enator in the national elections in Uruguay in October 2014.&nbsp\;</p>\n\
 n<p>In 2014 Foreign\nPolicy magazine named him a Leading Global Thinker\, 
 one of ten decision-makers\nin the world who have been granted this intern
 ational distinction.<b></b>\n</p><p><br></p><p> \n\n</p><p>For information
  on\naccessibility\, or to request accommodation\, please contact Oana Zab
 ava at (315)\n443-9248 or <a href="mailto:oazabava@syr.edu">oazabava@syr.e
 du</a>.</p>\n\n<p></p><br>
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