Summit Talk: Hemispheric Cooperation to Promote Security

Dear Participants,

Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in the Summit Talk series. Your input was invaluable in helping to inform delegations about the concerns, aspirations and responsibilities of the citizens of the Americas.

Summit Talk will be closing now, but your participation does not have to stop. The Summits of the Americas Secretariat will continue to carry out people-centered activities in which your involvement would be very much appreciated, including:

.  Online Townhalls Series on “Connecting the Americas: Partners for Prosperity” – Interactive space for a hemisphere-wide conversation on issues related to the VI Summit organized by the Summits of the Americas Secretariat, the US State Department and Online Townhalls.

. Virtual Community Groups and Women’s Leadership Forum – Open spaces to continue the online discussions initiated in the Summit Talks.

. Twitter and Facebook – Follow us on Twitter and become our fan on Facebook to know everything happening in the preparation for the VI Summit and follow-up activities. Test your knowledge by taking our Summits Quiz and interact with other people with similar interests.

Once again, thank you very much for your participation. Stay engaged! The conversation will continue through the Summit and beyond.

Sincerely,
Summits Virtual Community

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In April 2012, the Presidents and Prime-Ministers of the Western Hemisphere will gather at the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss the most pressing issues facing the region and to propose concrete solutions. The Summit Talk provides a useful forum for the citizens of the Americas to share their ideas and recommendations, helping to enrich the debate on key issues that will be discussed by our heads of state at the Summit.

The Summit Talk: Hemispheric Cooperation to Promote Security will be open to participation from January 16 until February 6* and will focus in discussion topics related to citizen security and transnational organized crime.

This virtual forum is the forth of a five virtual consultations that will be held in preparation for the Sixth Summit of the Americas A summary of its results will be compiled and made available to Summit Stakeholders. In addition, specific recommendations from the virtual forum will contribute to an official recommendation document that will be presented to OAS Member States for their consideration during one of the meetings of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG).

*After this date the forum will remain open until March/2012 in order to allow the discussion continuity between participants, which might not be moderated.

*Para ir a la versión en español, por favor presione aquí.