Skip to content Summit of the Americas Compendium ARTICLE INDEX Fact Sheets, Deliverables, and Remarks Democracy and Governance Economic Recovery and Prosperity Food Security Migration Climate and Green Energy Health Joint Statements and Announcements Meeting Remarks and Readouts Background Calls, Interviews, & Press Avails Summit of the Americas PD Deliverables Fact Sheets, Deliverables, and Remarks Democracy and Governance FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Advances Democratic Renewal Agenda at the Ninth Summit of the Americas Economic Recovery and Prosperity FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at the Economic and Health Dialogue of the Americas Food Security Summit of the Americas Agriculture Producers Declaration FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Commitments to Advance Food Security in the Western Hemisphere Migration Remarks by President Biden at Endorsement Event for the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection Fact Sheet: The Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection U.S. Government and Foreign Partner Deliverables Fact Sheet:  Global Concessional Financing Facility (GCFF) Fact Sheet: Additional $314 Million for U.S. Humanitarian Response to the Venezuela Regional Crisis Fact Sheet: The United States Announces More Than $314 Million in New Stabilization Efforts and Humanitarian Assistance for Venezuelans and Other Migrants at the Summit of the Americas Press Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture to Invest up to $65 Million in Pilot Program to Strengthen Food Supply Chain, Reduce Irregular Migration, and Improve Working Conditions for Farmworkers News Release: DHS and DOL to Supplement the H-2B Cap with Additional Visas for Second Half of Fiscal Year 2022 | Homeland Security Press Release:    US Department of Labor issues ‘Fair Recruitment Guidance’ as part of multi-agency effort to promote ethical recruitment of temporary migrant workers | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) News Release: “Guidance on Fair Recruitment Practices for Temporary Workers .” Fact Sheet: U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for Haitians Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet: DHS Resumes Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) Program and Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program Operations Fact Sheet: DHS Resumes Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) Program and Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program Operations | Homeland Security Fact Sheet: Implementation of the Credible Fear and Asylum Processing Interim Final Rule Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official Previewing the Summit of the Americas Migration Deliverables and Accomplishments Climate and Green Energy FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches the U.S.-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030) FACT SHEET: Tackling Climate Change and Creating Clean Energy Jobs in the Americas The United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama Sign a Memorandum of Understanding in Support of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) Secretary Antony J. Blinken Press Availability at the Summit of Americas : Five countries (Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados) joined 15 existing members of the Renewable Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean (RELAC) initiative Health Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Action on COVID-⁠19 Pandemic Response and Improving Health Systems and Health Security in the Americas The United States Establishes Complementary Mechanisms to Bolster Resiliency of the Hemisphere’s Health Economies and Ecosystems Joint Statements ... Read More»

Remarks by Bradley A. Freden Interim U.S. Permanent Representative June 30, 2022 Excellency, the United States thanks you for your presentation and we very much look forward to the first in-person OASGA in two years in Lima. We are also delighted that Peru has decided to put the issues of racial, gender, and ethnic equity ... Read More»

Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Beth Van Schaack OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs Technical Working Meeting to Strengthen Cooperation with the International Criminal Court June 16, 2022 Thank you, Madame Chair. Let me begin by thanking the esteemed panelists for their thoughtful remarks. I look forward to hearing the remarks by the delegations today. ... Read More»

Presidential Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2022   June 17, 2021 After the Union Army captured New Orleans in 1862, slave owners in Confederate states migrated to Texas with more than 150,000 enslaved Black persons.  For 3 years, even after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved Black Americans in Texas remained in brutal ... Read More»

A Proclamation on National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, 2022   May 31, 2022 America’s strength has always been rooted in our diversity.  Since our Nation’s founding, generation after generation of immigrants have helped build this country, and the prosperity and opportunity that draw so many immigrants to America would not be possible without the contributions and legacies ... Read More»