The Holy See today announced the appointment of the Spanish priest and diplomat Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Security Council. Organization of American States (OAS).
Until now, Cruz Serrano was in charge of the Spanish section of the Vatican Secretariat of State. Ordained a priest on September 15, 2001, this graduate in Canon Law entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See in 2004.
Among his assignments as a diplomat of the Holy See, he has worked in the pontifical representations of Zimbabwe, Ireland and Chile.
He succeeds Bishop Mark Miles, who has been appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Benin.
The Organization of American States
The OAS was created in 1948 with the objective of achieving in its Member States "an order of peace and justice, fostering their solidarity, strengthening their collaboration and defending their sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence".
Today, the OAS brings together the 35 independent states of the Americas and constitutes the principal political, juridical and social governmental forum of the Hemisphere. In addition, it has granted Permanent Observer status to 69 States, as well as to the European Union.
To achieve its most important purposes, the OAS is based on its main pillars, which are democracy, human rights, security and development.
