OEA - CP - Resolución CP INF 10859 rev 1

PERMANENT COUNCIL OAS/Ser.G CP/INF. 10859/26 rev. 1 3 March 2026

Original: Spanish The Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Luis Ernesto Vargas, Permanent Representative of Colombia, presents his compliments to the delegations and has the honor to invite them to a special meeting of the Permanent Council to be held in the Simón Bolívar Room on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. The meeting, called at the request of the Permanent Missions of Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, and Uruguay to commemorate International Women’s Day, under the theme “Women in the Digital Transformation of the Americas,” will consider the accompanying order of business.

The request and concept paper for the meeting are available in documents CP/INF. 10853/26 and add. 1.DRAFT ORDER OF BUSINESS

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL

TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Place: Simón Bolívar Room

1. Adoption of the order of business (CP/OD-2582/26)

2. Commemoration of International Women’s Day: Women in the Digital Transformation of the Americas (CP/INF. 10853/26) (add. 1) (add. 2)  Presentations by: o Ms. Alejandra Mora Mora, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women o Commissioner Marion Bethel, Rapporteur on the Rights of Women of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights o Ms. Lucía Velasco, former Head of AI Policy, United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies o Ms. Sahana Dharmapuri, Our Secure Future (OSF), “Women, Peace, and Security and the Futures of Technology – What World Are We Building?”  Statements by member states on progress in women’s digital rights