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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Matt Spetalnick

Probe of OAS chief draws members' push for ethics reforms

FILE PHOTO: Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States, speaks during the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Lauren Justice/File Photo

The Organization of American States passed a resolution on Friday calling for a plan to update its rules and ethics code in response to an outside investigation that found its chief showed poor judgment but did not commit serious misconduct in an intimate relationship with a staffer.

The OAS Permanent Council approved the document by consensus, but Mexico took the opportunity to criticize Secretary General Luis Almagro, saying he should have resigned and could not be trusted.

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