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PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.G

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES CP/CSH-1727/16 rev. 1

18 April 2016

COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY Original: English

MEETING TO DISCUSS THE SPECIAL SECURITY CONCERNS

OF THE SMALL ISLAND STATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

“Transnational Organized Crime in the Caribbean:

Challenges, Lessons Learned and the Way Forward”

OAS headquarters, Washington D.C.

COMPENDIUM OF GUEST SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS BY MEMBER STATES – PRELIMINARY VERSION

1.  Welcoming remarks by the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the OAS, Ambassador Marco Vinicio Albuja M. (Link)

2.  Introduction by LT. Colonel George B.K. Lovell, Chief Executive Office, Ministry of National Security of Belize

3.  Remarks by Ambassador Nestor Mendez, Assistant Secretary General of the OAS (Link)

4.  Impact of Transnational Organized Crime on the Small Island States of the Caribbean - Professor Patrick Paterson, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (Link)

5.  Case Studies from the Caribbean in Countering Transnational Organized Crime

-  Transnational Gangs – Jamaica - Mrs. Michele Lemmon, Director, Organized Crime and Defense Unit (Link)

-  Countering Trafficking in Persons – Trinidad and Tobago – Mrs. Alana L. Wheeler, Deputy Director of the Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU)

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o  Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Q7RbhiqEc)

6.  Strengthening the regional response to combating transnational organized crime: addressing the vulnerabilities of small island states of the Caribbean – Mr. Callixtus Joseph, Regional Crime and Security Strategy Coordinator (CARICOM IMPACS)

7.  Feature address: Transnational Organized Crime in the Caribbean: Challenges, Lessons Learned and the Way Forward - Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon, Minister of National Security, Trinidad and Tobago

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o  Support information

8.  Interventions by Member States

As of the time of publication of this Compendium, the following Member States have sent their presentations for publication (alphabetical order):

a.  The Bahamas: Link

b.  Barbados: Link

c.  Guyana: Link

d.  Jamaica: Link

e.  Saint Kitts and Nevis: Link

f.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Link

g.  Trinidad & Tobago: Link

h.  United States: Link

9.  Closing remarks by H.E. Patrick Andrews, Permanent Representative of Belize to the OAS, Chair of the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors in Washington, D.C.