Note by the Permanent Secretary
- In accordance with paragraph 2 of article 15 of the Panama Convention, the Latin American Council has the function to elect the Permanent Secretary for a period of four years. The current Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Javier Paulinich, was elected by acclamation in June 2017 and took office on 1 August of the same year. In this regard and in accordance with the Agenda for this meeting, the Latin American Council should elect a new Permanent Secretary for the period 2021-2025 at its XIII Special Meeting, to be held face-to-face and virtually on 21 June 2021.
- The Permanent Secretariat is pleased to inform the Member States that, to date, only the nomination of Dr. Walter Clarems Endara Vera to the position of Permanent Secretary of SELA has been submitted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, through Note VRE.DGRM-UPOI-Cs_508/2021 dated 1 June 2021.
- This document contains the articles of the Panama Convention concerning the election of Permanent Secretary, as well as the nomination note submitted by the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia of Dr. Walter Clarems Endara Vera.
