Chile invited to become a member of the OECD

The OECD today invited Chile to become its first member in South America. Chile will formally accept this invitation when an Accession Agreement is signed in the presence of Secretary-General Angel Gurría and President Bachelet on 11 January 2010 in Santiago.

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