Support from Turkey.

• Author: Conaway, Janelle
• Position: OAS - Brief Article

THE GOVERNMENT of Turkey recently donated nearly $15,000 to help fund several OAS projects, including the publication of Americas magazine. Ambassador Farouk Logoglu presented the contributions, which also included funds donated for the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism, the Tourism Unit's Fund for Data Collection, and the OAS Children's Corner on the Web (www.oas.org/children).

Turkey is one of fifty-three OAS permanent observers, a status that allows countries around the world to closely follow developments in the Americas. Georgia is the latest country to become an observer.

Last year, permanent observers contributed...