Organization of American States and Commonwealth discuss shared concerns

Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary-General Albert Ramdin called on Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba and a group of senior officials to review relations between both organisations.

The Commonwealth and the OAS promote development, democracy and political stability. Both organisations are very concerned with the state of food, fuel, and finance in today’s global economy, especially in the wake of recent and current events that are driving markets down and levels of human anxiety up.

A major objective of both organisations is to mitigate the effects of environmental degradation, and they are striving to ensure that global trade relationships are equitable and sustainable.

They agreed that the Commonwealth and the OAS are organisations whose interests and activities are converging, and that it is in both organisations’ interests to define new ways in which they could co-operate, especially on issues and in regions where their interests and mandates intersect.

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