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August
08/25/00: Under Secretary of State Thomas R. Pickering, Press Briefing on President Clinton's Upcoming Trip to Colombia, Washington, DC

08/10/00: Under Secretary of State Thomas R. Pickering, Address to the National Association of Industrialists (ANDI), Cartagena, Colombia

July
07/27/00: Remarks by Lino Gutierrez, Principal Deputy Asssistant Secretary before the Subcommittee on Water and Power, Committee on Resources, Washington, DC
07/26/00: Statement by Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda H. Eddleman, before the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, House Committee on International Relations, Washington, DC
07/13/00: Statement by Thomas A. Shannon, Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS, to a Special Session of the OAS Permanent Council concerning the OAS Electoral Observation Mission to Haiti, Washington, DC

June
06/30/00: Remarks by Peter F. Romero, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, to the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
06/23/00: Remarks by Peter F. Romero, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, on the Occasion of the Second Meeting of the Canada-U.S. Partnership Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia
06/14/00: Statement by Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, House International Relations Committee, Washington, DC
06/13/00: Remarks by Luis J. Lauredo, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, to the White House Conference on Hispanics and the Future of the Americas, Washington, DC
06/06/00: Remarks by Ambassador Luis J. Lauredo, Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the Organization of American States, 30th OAS General Assembly, Windsor, Canada
06/05/00: Remarks by Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, White House Special Envoy to the Americas, 30th OAS General Assembly, Windsor, Canada
06/05/00: Remarks by Thomas Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 30th OAS General Assembly, Windsor, Canada
06/05/00: Press conference by Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, White House Special Envoy to the Americas, Thomas Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and Peter F. Romero, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 30th OAS General Assembly, Windsor, Canada
06/05/00: Joint Statement by Buddy MacKay, White House Special Envoy to the Americas and Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the 30th OAS General Assembly, Windsor, Canada

May
05/31/00: Statement by Ambassador Luis J. Lauredo, Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the Organization of American States, To a Special Session of the OAS Permanent Council Concerning the OAS Electoral Observation Mission to Peru, Washington, DC, May 31, 2000
05/17/00: Acting Assistant Secretary Peter F. Romero, Remarks to the Canadian-American Business Council, Washington, DC
05/15/00: Acting Assistant Secretary Peter F. Romero, Remarks to the Institute of the Americas, Ninth Annual Latin American Energy Conference, La Jolla, California
05/10/00: Under Secretary of State Thomas R. Pickering and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter F. Romero, On-the-Record briefing on Colombia, Washington, DC
05/01/00: Luis J. Lauredo, Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the Organization of American States, Remarks to the Hispanic Leadership in the 21st Century Conference, Washington, DC
05/01/00: Acting Assistant Secretary Peter F. Romero, Remarks before the Council of the Americas Annual Conference, Washington, DC

April
04/26/00: Acting Assistant Secretary Peter F. Romero, Remarks before the Hispanic Council on International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy Conference, Washington, DC (Priorities in the Western Hemisphere)
04/12/00: Acting Assistant Secretary Peter F. Romero, Remarks on the Occasion of the First Meeting of the Canada-U.S. Partnership Forum
04/11/00: Lino Gutierrez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Remarks to the Open Forum, Washington, DC (Latin American Democracies Under Strain)
04/07/00: Acting Assistant Secretary Peter Romero, Opening remarks to the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG), Organization of American States, Washington, DC
04/05/00: Acting Assistant Secretary Romero before the House International Relations Committee, Washington, DC (U.S. Policy Toward Haiti)

March
03/23/00: Special Haiti Coordinator, Ambassador Donald Steinberg, before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Washington, DC (U.S. Assistance to Haiti)
03/08/00: Luis J. Lauredo, Permanent Representative of the United States to the OAS, remarks to the OAS Permanent Council, Washington, DC

February
02/23/00: Peter F. Romero, Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Florida Department of State's International Days 2000 Conference, Tallahassee, Florida (The Western Hemisphere in the New Century: Challenges and Opportunities)
02/22/00: On-the-record briefing by Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Thomas R. Pickering, relating to his trip to Latin America
02/16/00: Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Quito, Ecuador (Future of Ecuador)
02/15/00: Peter F. Romero, Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, House Committee on Government Reform, Washington, DC (Congressional Statement on Plan Colombia)

January
01/11/00: Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Peter Romero, Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Arturo Valenzuela, Special Assistant to the President for Inter-American Affairs at a special briefing on U.S. aid to Colombia, Washington, DC ($1.6 Billion Aid Package to Colombia)
01/11/00: Remarks by Ambassador Luis Lauredo, U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS, at a presentation of credentials ceremony, Washington, DC

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