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Regional Conferences on Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMs)
From March 15-18, 1994, the OAS held a Governmental Experts' Meeting on CSBMs in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference consisted of five plenary sessions and two working groups. The first working group developed an illustrative list of CSBMs for the region, and the second working group prepared a final report with recommendations to the OAS Permanent Council. Representatives from 19 OAS member states participated: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S., Uruguay, and Venezuela. In addition, the meeting was attended by a large number of OAS observer states and several non-governmental organizations including Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Inter-American Defense Board, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the City U ... [Read More]
-- April 2005, week 4
Text: Official Definitions Adopted for "El Niņo," "La Niņa" (186 lines) Text: Research Sheds Light on Differences Between Recent Tsunamis (172 lines) Text: Rademaker Previews U.S. Approach to Nonproliferation Conference (321 lines) Text: U.S. Anti-trafficking Campaign Brings Results, Ambassador Says (280 lines) Transcript: Bush Urges International Collaboration on Clean Energy (549 lines) Bush Foreign Spending Request Meets Resistance in House Panel (109 lines) Text: Bush To Nominate Five Ambassadors, ITC Commissioner (135 lines) Text: Bush Welcomes Formation of New Iraqi Government (146 lines) Situations in Nicaragua, Belize Discussed by Inter-American Body (110 lines) Text: U.S. Agency Funds Mortgage Program in Guatemala (133 lines) Text: Central American Trade Pact Parties Pursue Implementation (170 lines) Trans ... [Read More]
Canada, Mexico, and Central America
In November local police authorities seized 116 pounds of MDMA from three Toronto residences.Corruption. Canada holds its officials and law enforcement personnel to a very high standard of conduct and has strong anticorruption controls in place. The GOC has strong anticorruption controls in place. Government personnel found to be engaged in malfeasance of any kind are removed from office and are subject to prosecution. Investigations into accusations of wrongdoing and corruption by government officials are thorough and credible. As a matter of government policy, Canada neither encourages nor facilitates illicit production or distribution of narcotic or psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances, or the laundering of proceeds from illegal drug transactions. Cultivation/Production. Cannabis cultivation, because of ... [Read More]
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Internet Resources -- Chapter 4, Environmental Education Volume
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V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Equatorial Guinea is a transit and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, involuntary domestic servitude, and other forced labor. Women and children are trafficked to Equatorial Guinea from West and Central Africa, principally Cameroon, Nigeria, and Benin. Women are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation in Malabo, where demand is high due to the booming oil sector. Cameroonian and Beninese children are trafficked to Malabo for exploitation as street and market hawkers; Nigerian boys are trafficked to Rio Muni (the mainland) for exploitation as agricultural workers. The Government of Equatorial Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Over the past year the government has made a number of efforts that attest ... [Read More]
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