COMMITTEE ON INTER-AMERICAN SUMMITS MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN OAS ACTIVITIES

Date: Thursday, October 31, 2002
Time: 2:30p.m
Place: Simón Bolivar Room

1. Presentation by José Miguel Vivanco, Director Human Rights Watch on: The State of the Inter-American Human Rights System and the Role of Civil Society.

2. Oral Report by Jaime Aparicio, Executive Secretary, Summit of the Americas Secretariat

3. Consideration of applications received from the following civil society organizations:

   1. Amnesty International

   2. Center of International Environmental Law

   3. Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights AC

   4. Geledes - Instituto da Mulher Negra

4. Report of the Chair Transmitting Recommendations by the Committee on Requests From Civil Society Organizations to Participate in OAS Activities Pursuant to Article 6 of the Guidelines.