2nd Plenary Assembly - Panama City, Panama 2003
Feb20
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá2nd Plenary Assembly
THEME
Challenges and Opportunities for Hemispheric Integration
OBJECTIVES
- To discuss challenges and opportunities for hemispheric integration, including the Summit of the Americas process,
- To discuss the importance of the International Criminal Court, the process of negotiating the FTAA, international cooperation to combat terrorism, the work of the OAS in consolidating the democratic process in the Americas
- To discuss the scope of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and to develop recommendations for the hemisphere’s parliaments
WORKING GROUPS
1. The Interaction of Tax Policy and Trade, Economic Growth, and Social Development
2. The Impact of Economic and Financial Crises in the Region
3. The Free Trade Area of the Americas Negotiations
4. Group of Women Parliamentarians
ARTICLES
- Harmonization and Tax Systems in the Americas (Claudino Pita - Working Group 1)
- The Challenges of Tax Policy Related to Regional Economic Integration (Alberto Barreix - Working Group 1)
- Globalization and Financial Crises in Latin America (Roberto Frenkel - Working Group 2)
- Update on the FTAA process (Peter E. Kirby - Working Group 3)