PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY HEALTH AND HEMISPHERIC SECURITY (Presentation by the Pan American Health) OEA/Ser.G CP/CSH/INF.17/02 12 December 2002 Original: Spanish/English PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION Ref.: HDP/63/3(052-02) November 25, 2002 Excellency: I have the honor of addressing Your Excellency to present, in connection with our recent conversations and on-line communications and the presentations given to your Committee on Hemispheric Security, the document “Health and Hemispheric Security,” along with some suggested topics for inclusion in the final document of the Special Conference on Security. I hope that our modest contribution will be useful in the development of the Conference. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. George A. O. Alleyne Director Ambassador Miguel Ruiz Cabañas Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Mexico Organization of American States 17th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Attachments iii http://scm.oas.org/pdfs/2002/cp10550e.pdf http://www.paho.org/English/HDP/hdr-up-Nov.pdf CP10550E05