{{short description|Canadian diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Notability|Biographies|date=March 2013}} '''Adam Blackwell''' was a Canadian diplomat.<ref name="Adam Blackwell ">{{cite web | url=http://www.weforum.org/contributors/adam-blackwell | title=Adam Blackwell | publisher=World Economic Forum | accessdate=2013-06-26}}</ref><ref name="Ndu.edu">{{cite web | url=http://www.ndu.edu/chds//docUploaded/AdamBlackwell_profileEN.PDF | title=Ambassador Adam Blackwell | publisher=ndu.edu | accessdate=2013-06-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002074553/http://www.ndu.edu/chds//docUploaded/AdamBlackwell_profileEN.PDF | archive-date=2012-10-02 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as the Secretary of Multidimensional Security at the Organization of American States (OAS).<ref name="Adam Blackwell "/><ref name="Ndu.edu"/><ref name=oas>{{cite web|title=Adam Blackwell Secretary for Multidimensional Security|url=http://www.oas.org/en/about/bio/ablackwell.asp|work=Officials|publisher=OAS|accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/06/201368121921763752.html | title=Ganging up on violence in Honduras | work=Al Jazeera | date=8 June 2013 | accessdate=4 July 2013 | author=Allison, Mike}}</ref> He was Ambassador of Canada to the Dominican Republic from 2002<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackwell, Adam (Career)|url=http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplSearch_results-en.asp?frm=person&lan=1&prsnid=956|work=Heads of Post List|publisher=Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada|accessdate=18 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005095714/http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplSearch_results-en.asp?frm=person&lan=1&prsnid=956|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> to 2005.<ref name="Adam Blackwell "/><ref name="Ndu.edu"/>

==Career== Blackwell said he and Archbishop Romulo Emiliani were influential in stopping gang violence in Honduras.<ref name="gang">{{cite web | url=http://durangoherald.com/article/20130524/API/1305240917/Honduran-gangs-to-announce-truce-to-cut-violence&template=mobileart | title=Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence | publisher=Durango Herald | accessdate=2013-06-26 | author=Arce, Alberto | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024225517/http://durangoherald.com/article/20130524/API/1305240917/Honduran-gangs-to-announce-truce-to-cut-violence%26template%3Dmobileart | archive-date=2014-10-24 | url-status=dead | df= }}</ref> Also, he said "responses to crime and violence should be long-term actions to address their underlying causes" in a speech "at the opening ceremony of the Organisation of American States/Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission's (CICAD) First Regional Meeting - Caribbean Training and Certification Programme for Drug Prevention and Treatment Personnel."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gisbarbados.gov.bb/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=5898 | title=Government Gives 'Full Backing' In The Fight Against Illegal Drugs | publisher=Barbados Government | date=May 24, 2011 | accessdate=2013-06-26 | author=Blackman, Theresa}}</ref>

==Honours== Blackwell was awarded the Grand Cross with Silver Breast Star of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella by the president of the Dominican Republic.<ref name=oas/>

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