The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS is the

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of the

Republic of Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

to the

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. The Permanent Representative is

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of the

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, and highest representative of the

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to the OAS charged with representing the interests of the

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and

during all plenary meetings of the General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies. The officeholder however, is one of the high-ranking Colombian diplomat in the United States, the other two being the

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also in Washington, D.C., and the

Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations is the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Colombia to the United Nations, accredited as Concurrent Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, and Montenegro. The P ...

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. The current Permanent Representative is Luis Ernesto Vargas.

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