Front row: Jamaica (Prime Minister Percival James Patterson), Guyana (President Bharrat Jagdeo), El Salvador (Presidente Elías Antonio Saca González), Costa Rica (Presidente Abel Pacheco de la Espriella), Brasil (Presidente Luiz Inácio da Silva), Canada (Prime Minister Paul Martin), México (Presidente Vicente Fox Quesada), Chile (Presidente Ricardo Lagos), Argentina (Presidente Néstor Kirchner), Bolivia (Presidente Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé), United States (President George W. Bush), Barbados (Prime Minister Owen Seymour Arthur), Colombia (Presidente Álvaro Uribe), Ecuador (Presidente Alfredo Palacio González), Guatemala (Presidente Óscar Berger Perdomo), Haïti (Président Boniface Alexandre), Nicaragua (Presidente Enrique Bolaños Geyer).

Back row: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Permanent Representative to the OAS Ellsworth John), Grenada (Permanent Representative to the OAS Denis G. Antoine), Bahamas (Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell), Panamá (Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Samuel Lewis Navarro), Venezuela (Presidente Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías), Trinidad and Tobago (Prime Minister Patrick Manning), Paraguay (Presidente Nicanor Duarte Frutos), Perú (Presidente Alejandro Toledo Manrique), Suriname (President Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan), Uruguay (Presidente Tabaré Vázquez), Honduras (Vicepresidente Alberto Díaz Lobo), Antigua and Barbuda (Permanent Representative to the OAS Starret Dickson Greene), Belize (Ambassador at-large Assad Shoman), Saint Kitts and Nevis (Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Nisbett), Saint Lucia (Permanent Representative to the OAS Sonia Johnny).

IV Summit of the Americas Outcomes

Mar del Plata, Argentina, November 4 - 5, 2005

The Fourth Summit of the Americas held in November, 2005 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, took a narrower focus and concentrated on confronting the major challenges of the region in job creation and strengthening democratic governance. The 52 mandates that emanated from the Declaration and Plan of Action of Mar del Plata are grouped into the areas of:

Growth with Employment; Jobs to Fight Poverty; Training the Labor Force; Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises as an Engine of Job Growth; Framework for Creating Decent Work; and Strengthening Democratic Governance.

The Plan of Action of Mar del Plata considers each of the areas of the Declaration from three perspectives: National commitments, Hemispheric cooperation, and International organizations.

The Heads of State and Government defined specific actions to promote development through generation of employment, increase citizen participation in the employment sphere, encourage cooperation among governments, foster inclusive social dialogue, and stimulate investment in key areas for the creation of employment.

Documents

  • Declaration of Mar del Plata: EN | ES | FR | PT
  • Plan of Action: “Creating Jobs to Fight Poverty and Strengthen Democratic Governance”: EN | ES | FR | PT

Speeches: Inaugural

  • Speech by the Secretary General of the OAS at the Inaugural Session: EN | ES | PT
  • Speech by the President of the Republic of Argentina, Dr Néstor Kirchner at the Inaugural Session: ES

Speeches

  • Speech by the Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin: EN
  • Speech by Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank: ES

Press releases

  • Communications issued by Member States: EN | ES | FR | PT

Photo gallery:

Videos

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Los Angeles, United States, 2022

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Lima, Peru, 2018.

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VII Summit

Panama City, Panama, 2015

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VI Summit

Cartagena, Colombia, 2012

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V Summit

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 2009

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IV Summit

Mar de Plata, Argentina, 2005

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Extraordinary Summit

Monterrey, Mexico, 2004

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III Summit

Quebec City, Canada, 2001

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II Summit

Santiago, Chile, 1998

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I Summit

Miami, United States, 1994