WASHINGTON, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda says it is pleased with the role it played in the conclusion of the negotiations for two draft conventions dealing with racism and discrimination which will be adopted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Guatemala this week. Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, Joy-Dee Davis Lake, chaired the Working Group that concluded negotiations on the draft Inter American Convention on Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance and a draft Inter American Convention Against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance. “Mr. Chairman, eight years later, I am pleased to report that the Working Group, of which I am Chair, has concluded its negotiations and it is my honour to present to this esteemed Permanent Council the texts of both Draft Conventions.”