Number: RL30936
Title: Summit of the Americas III, Quebec City, Canada, April 20-22, 2001: Background, Objectives, and Results
Authors: K. Larry Storrs and M. Angeles Villarreal, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: Summit of the Americas III, Quebec City, Canada, April 20-22, 2001 had the major themes of strengthening democracy, creating prosperity, and realizing human potential. Congress may be particularly interested in plans to advance the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations, in efforts to agree upon a democracy clause for the hemisphere, in assessments of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM) of hemispheric counter-narcotics efforts, and in plans for bilateral and multilateral cooperation to promote hemispheric socioeconomic reforms.
Pages: 15
Date: Updated May 10, 2001