OAS HOLDS MEETING ON HURRICANE MATTHEW

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Hurricane Matthew continued its destructive rampage along Florida’s Atlantic Coast, after inflicting tremendous damage in The Bahamas throughout Thursday and Friday morning, the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Emergency Aid Committee convened a second meeting at the OAS on Friday, October 7, 2016, to address the situation in the affected nations of the Caribbean. Representatives of Member States affected by Hurricane Matthew, including The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, were invited to the meeting that was also attended by representatives of the OAS, PAHO/WHO, Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) and the Pan American Development Fund. In photo number one, His Excellency Dr. Eugene Newry (left), Bahamas Ambassador to the United States, is picture addressing the meeting. Also pictured are OAS Assistant Secretary General Nestor Mendez (center) and His Excellency Harvel Jean Baptiste, Haiti’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OAS. In photo number to, Mr. Chet Neymour, Deputy Chief of Mission at The Bahamas Embassy, addresses the meeting