High-energy general assembly.

• Position: Organization of American States - Brief article

"ENERGY FOR Development" will be the focus of discussion when the hemisphere's foreign ministers meet in Panama City, Panama, for the next regular session of the OAS General Assembly, which begins June 3, 2007.

Panama's Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Aristides Royo, submitted the Draft Declaration of Panama to the Permanent Council in January, emphasizing the importance of energy to the region's future.

The preliminary document, now under consideration by the member states, warns that high energy costs put a severe financial constraint on resources that the countries of the Americas need for their development programs. It...