Port of Spain: Affirming their “renewed spirit of cooperation, integration and solidarity,” the hemisphere’s leaders concluded the Fifth Summit of the Americas with a consensus to advance joint solutions to address the most pressing challenges facing the region.

With a focus on the theme of the weekend’s Summit—“Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability”—the Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain outlines key areas in which the countries will work toward common goals.

The 97-paragraph document, which was negotiated by the countries over the past seven months and adopted today by consensus, places an emphasis on fighting poverty and promoting development and social justice, and states that “deep inequalities continue to exist in our countries and in our region.”

The rest of this news can be read at: http://www.fifthsummitoftheamericas.org/default.aspx?id=1051 and the Declaration of Commitment of POS that contains a paragraph (44) on culture can be downloaded in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese at: http://fifthsummitoftheamericas.org/default.aspx?id=1107

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