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The Board of Directors of the Regional Council of the Global
Parliamentarians on Habitat for the Americas (GPH-America) directs
the work of the GPH in America. The Board meets regularly to guide
the Regional Council and to consult on current issues. The Board
also prepares the Regional Forums.
The most crucial work of the GPH is happens during the Regional
Forums. During the Regional Forums, parliamentarians from North and
South America, from local, regional and national levels, meet to
discuss current challenges and to carry the solutions which are
developed together into their national parliaments. At the Regional
Forums, the Board of Directors is elected.
The American Regional Council of the GPH is headed by a president
who is also vice president in the World Board. José
Ramón López Martel, deputy from Mexico, was elected
president of the American Regional Council on 18 March 2010 in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil.