September 11, 2001

STATEMENT FROM THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

            The Organization of American States (OAS) Special General Assembly Session, convened in Lima, Peru, on September 11, 2001, condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist acts visited upon the cities of New York and Washington, D.C., today and reiterates the need to strengthen hemispheric cooperation to combat this scourge that has thrown the world and the hemispheric community into mourning.

            The General Assembly expresses its full solidarity with the government of President George W. Bush and with the people of the United States of America.

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