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Authorities: Permanent Representatives to the OAS

Carmen Lomellin
Chair of the Permanent Council
and the General Committee
Ambassador, Permanent
Representative of the United States

Francisco Proaño
Vice Chair of the Permanent Council
and the General Committee
Ambassador, Permanent
Representative of Ecuador

Antigua and Barbuda
Deborah-Mae Lovell
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina
Rodolfo Hugo Gil
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Argentina

Bahamas
Cornelius A. Smith
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas

Barbados
John E. Beale
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Barbados

Belize
Nestor Mendez
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Belize

Bolivia
José Enrique Pinelo Navarro
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bolivia

Brazil
Ruy de Lima Casães e Silva
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Brazil

Canada
Graeme Clark
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada

Chile
Darío Paya
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile

Colombia
Luis Alfonso Hoyos Aristizábal
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Colombia

Costa Rica
José Enrique Castillo Barrantes
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica

Dominica
Judith Anne Rolle
Interim Representative of Dominica

Dominican Republic
Virgilio Alcántara
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic

Ecuador
Francisco Proaño
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador

El Salvador
Luis Menéndez-Castro
Ambassador, Interim Representative of El Salvador

Grenada
Gillian M.S. Bristol
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada

Guatemala
Jorge Skinner-Klee
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Guatemala

Guyana
Bayney R. Karran
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Guyana

Haiti
Duly Brutus
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Haiti

Jamaica
Anthony Smith Rowe Johnson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Jamaica

Mexico
Gustavo Albin Santos
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico

Nicaragua
Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua

Panama
Guillermo Alberto Cochez Farrugia
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Panama

Paraguay
Bernardino Hugo Saguier
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Paraguay

Peru
Hugo de Zela Martínez
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Peru

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Izben C. Williams
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia
Michael Louis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
La Celia A. Prince
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname
Jacques Ruben Constantijn Kross
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago
Glenda Morean-Phillip
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago

United States
Carmen Lomellin
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the United States

Uruguay
María del Luján Flores
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Uruguay

Venezuela
Roy Chaderton Matos
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Venezuela