Annual Report 2019
INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE BOARD ANNUAL REPORT 2019 “Promoting and Strengthening Confidence and Hemispheric Security” SUMMARY – 2019 ANNUAL REPORT The Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) was founded on March 30, 1942. In 2006, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) established the IADB as an “entity” of the Organization and approved its Statutes. The IADB has 28 Member States, 8 observer states and its structure is made up of the Council of Delegates, the Secretariat and the Inter-American Defense College (IADC). The Board’s purpose is to provide technical, consultative and educational advisory services to the OAS and its Member States on issues related to military and defense matters in the hemisphere. The Chairman of the Council of Delegates and the Director General of the IADB Secretariat, recognizing the relevance of the technical, consultative and educational advice provided to the OAS in military and defense issues, promoted, during 2019, the strengthening of relations with the Ministries of Defense of the Member States and the active participation of the Board’s staff in different events (workshops, seminars, conferences, meetings, etc.) at the hemispheric, regional and sub regional levels. These actions were oriented towards the fulfillment of the mandates assigned to the Board by the Organization of American States and the strategic objectives of the Board, contributing to the strengthening of collaboration, cooperation and security in the hemisphere in defense and military matters. The Inter-American Defense College (IADC) continues to provide a Master’s Degree program, accredited and without registration for military, police and civil servants appointed by the OAS Member States.
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