2005 Antigua Barbuda Bush
Fourth Annual Report to Congress
II. BACKGROUNDThe first Summit of the Americas in 1994 broached the subject of widespread hemispheric corruption at a political level for the first time, raising significantly the level of public visibility and attention to this serious issue. Negotiations began shortly thereafter to develop the first intergovernmental treaty focusing specifically on the fight against corruption. On March 29, 1996, the IACAC was adopted and signed by twenty-one OAS member governments at a Specialized Inter-American Conference in Caracas, Venezuela. The IACAC is attached as Appendix B. The IACAC identifies acts of corruption to which the instrument will apply and contains articles creating binding obligations under international law, as well as establishing hortatory principles for effectively fighting corruption. The IACAC provides for institutional dev ... [Read More]
Frequently Asked Historical Questions
The Ambassador to Barbados is also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Ambassador to Cameroon is also accredited to Equatorial Guinea. The Ambassador to Fiji is also accredited to Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. The Ambassador to Gabon is also accredited to Sao Tome and Principe. The Ambassador to the Marshall Islands is also accredited to Kiribati. The Ambassador to Mauritius is also accredited to the Comoros and the Seychelles. The Ambassador to New Zealand is also accredited to Western Samoa. The Ambassador to Papua New Guinea is also accredited to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The Ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited to Palau. The Ambassador to Sri Lanka is also accredited to the Maldives. The Ambassador to Switzerland is also accredited to Liechtenstein. ... [Read More]
U.S. Engagement in the Western Hemisphere
Bilateral and Regional Trade EngagementHosted FTAA Ministerial in Miami November 20-21, 2003. Ministerial produced agreement to adhere to January 2005 date for concluding negotiations on an FTAA and to structure agreement to include a comprehensive and balanced set of common obligations as well as a series of ambitious plurilateral agreements. Meetings of trade and investment mechanisms were held with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and MERCOSUR. (MERCOSUR is a customs union with a common external tariff (CET) covering over 85% of traded goods. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay signed the Treaty of Asuncion on March 26, 1991, which created MERCOSUR. Chile and Bolivia became associate members in 1996 and 1997, respectively, but do not participate in the CET.) The U.S. and Chile completed negotiations for a U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement on December 2-6, 2002 in Washi ... [Read More]
Organization of American States
Presently the IACHR's membership is: Chairman: Jose Zalaquett (Chile); First Vice-Chair: Clare Kamau Roberts (Antigua & Barbuda); First Vice-Chair: Susana Villaran (Peru); Evelio Fernandez Arevalos (Paraguay); Paulo Sergio Pinheiro (Brazil); Freddy Gutierrez Trejo (Venezuela); and Florentin Melendez (El Salvador). The IACHR's website is http://www.oas.org/cidh. ... 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, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. ... [Read More]
Introduction
Legislative Basis for the INCSR The Department of State’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) has been prepared in accordance with section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the "FAA," 22 U.S.C. § 2291). The 2005 INCSR, published in March 2005, covers the year January 1 to December 31, 2004 and is published in two volumes, the second of which covers money laundering and financial crimes. It is the 19th annual report prepared pursuant to the FAA. In addition to addressing the reporting requirements of section 489 of the FAA (as well as sec ... [Read More]
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