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EXPLANATORY NOTE

CP/doc.3348/00
August 14, 2000

The Chair of the Permanent Council, in conjunction with the chairs of the permanent committees and working groups, presents for consideration the distribution of mandates assigned to the Council by the General Assembly at its thirtieth regular session (AG/doc.3939/00).

The mandates and recommendations issued to the other organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization are published in document CP/INF. 4421/00 corr. 2.

August 13, 2000

DISTRIBUTION OF MANDATES ASSIGNED TO THE PERMANENT COUNCIL
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS THIRTIETH REGULAR SESSION

Subcommittee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters

AG/RES. 1754 (XXX-O/00), "Program-budget of the Organization for 2001"

• A special session of the General Assembly to consider and adopt the 2001 program-budget and the 2001 quotas and to consider other matters related to the program-budget and basis of financing of the Organization.

Account should be taken of the following resolutions, which have budgetary implications :

a. AG/RES. 1698 (XXX-O/00), "Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas" (operative paragraph 4)

b. AG/RES. 1699 (XXX-O/00), "Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI)" (operative paragraph 3)

c. AG/RES. 1703 (XXX-O/00), "Special Program of Support for Guatemala" (operative paragraph 3)

d. AG/RES. 1705 (XXX-O/00), "Inter-American Program for the Development of International Law" (operative paragraphs 5 and 9)

e. AG/RES. 1708 (XXX-O/00), "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations" (operative paragraph 1)

f. AG/RES. 1715 (XXX-O/00), "Observations and Recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights" (operative paragraph 6)

g. AG/RES. 1716 (XXX-O/00), "Observations and Recommendations of the Member States on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights" (operative paragraph 5)

h. AG/RES. 1721 (XXX-O/00), "Promotion of Democracy" (operative paragraph 4)

i. AG/RES. 1723 (XXX-O/00), "Enhancement of Probity in the Hemisphere and Follow-up on the Inter-American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption" (operative paragraph 11)

j. AG/RES. 1732 (XXX-O/00), "Adoption and Implementation of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Rights and Gender Equity and Equality" (operative paragraph 6)

k. AG/RES. 1744 (XXX-O/00), "Cooperation for Security in the Hemisphere" (operative paragraphs 2, 4, 9, 10, and 11)

l. AG/RES. 1750 (XXX-O/00), "Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA)" (operative paragraph 3)

m. AG/RES. 1751 (XXX-O/00), "Support for the Program of Integral Action against Antipersonnel Mines in Central America" (operative paragraph 10)

n. AG/RES. 1752 (XXX-O/00), "Support for and Follow-up to the Summits of the Americas Process" (operative paragraph 7)

o. AG/RES. 1760 (XXX-O/00), "Support for the Mandates of the Summit of the Americas on 'Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations' and 'Civil Society'" (operative paragraph 3)

p. AG/RES. 1763 (XXX-O/00), "Follow-up to the Recommendations and Conclusions of the Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas" (operative paragraph 2)

2. Regular session of the General Assembly

AG/RES. 1597 (XXVIII-O/98), "Place and Date of the Thirty-First Regular Session of the General Assembly"

• Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
• Subcommittee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters

II. PERMANENT COUNCIL

1. AG/DEC. 24 (XXX-O/00), "Declaration of Windsor: Strengthening the Organization of American States"

                    2. AG/RES. 1700 (XXX-O/00), "Free Trade and Investment in the Hemisphere"

                    3. AG/RES. 1707 (XXX-O/00), "The Organization of American States and Civil Society"

                    4. AG/RES. 1722 (XXX-O/00), "Parliamentary Network of the Americas"

5. AG/RES. 1738 (XXX-O/00), "Modernization of the OAS and the Renewal of the Inter-American System"

6. AG/RES. 1756 (XXX-O/00), "Fund for Peace: Peaceful Settlement of Territorial Disputes"

7. AG/RES. 1760 (XXX-O/00), "Support for the Mandates of the Summit of the Americas on 'Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations' and 'Civil Society'"

8. Special Group on Justice:

a. AG/RES. 1698 (XXX-O/00), "Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas"

b. AG/RES. 1763 (XXX-O/00), "Follow-up to the Recommendations and Conclusions of the Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas"

 

COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT

1. AG/RES. 1710 (XXX-O/00), "Cooperation between the Organization of American States and the United Nations System"

                    AG/RES. 1731 (XXX-O/00) "Support for the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime"

2. AG/RES. 1713 (XXX-O/00), "Cooperation between the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States and the General Secretariat of the Central American Integration System"

3. AG/RES. 1714 (XXX-O/00), "Cooperation Between the Organization of American States and the Caribbean Community"

4. AG/RES. 1732 (XXX-O/00), "Adoption and Implementation of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Rights and Gender Equity and Equality"

5. AG/RES. 1755 (XXX-O/00), "OAS Natural Disaster Reduction and Response Mechanism" (IACNDR)

                    AG/RES. 1758 (XXX-O/00), "Special Program of Support to Countries Affected by 'El Niño'"

6. AG/RES. 1761 (XXX-O/00), "The Model OAS General Assembly Program"

 

V. COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS

1. AG/RES. 1699 (XXX-O/00), "Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI)"

2. AG/RES. 1701 (XXX-O/00), "Evaluation of the Workings of the Inter-American System for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights with a View to Its Improvement and Strengthening"

3. AG/RES. 1702 (XXX-O/00), "Support for the Work of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR)"

4. AG/RES. 1708 (XXX-O/00), "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations"

5. AG/RES. 1711 (XXX-O/00), "Human Rights Defenders in the Americas: Support for the Individuals, Groups, and Organizations of Civil Society Working to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Americas"

6. AG/RES. 1712 (XXX-O/00), "Preparation of a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance"

                    7. AG/RES. 1718 (XXX-O/00), "Reform of the Inter-American Indian Institute"

8. AG/RES. 1721 (XXX-O/00), "Promotion of Democracy"

9. AG/RES. 1723 (XXX-O/00), "Enhancement of Probity in the Hemisphere and Follow-up on the Inter-American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption"

10. AG/RES. 1730 (XXX-O/00), "Observations and Recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission" (operative paragraph 7)

 

VI. COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY AFFAIRS

1. AG/DEC. 24 (XXX-O/00), "Declaration of Windsor: Strengthening the Organization of American States"^/

2. AG/RES. 1703 (XXX-O/00), "Special Program of Support for Guatemala"

3. AG/RES. 1722 (XXX-O/00), "Parliamentary Network of the Americas" (operative paragraph 4)

                   4. AG/RES. 1725 (XXX-O/00), "Personnel Policy Reform"

                      AG/RES. 829 (XVI-O/86) 'Full and Equal Participation of Women by the Year 2000'"

5. AG/RES. 1732 (XXX-O/00), "Adoption and Implementation of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Rights and Gender Equity and Equality"

6. AG/RES. 1738 (XXX-O/00), "Modernization of the OAS and the Renewal of the Inter-American System"

7. AG/RES. 1746 (XXX-O/00), "Scale of Quota Assessments for the Regular Fund"

8. AG/RES. 1757 (XXX-O/00), "Measures to Encourage the Timely Payment of Quotas"

VII. COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY

1. AG/RES. 1743 (XXX-O/00), "OAS Declaration on Small Arms and Light Weapons"

2. AG/RES. 1744 (XXX-O/00), "Cooperation for Security in the Hemisphere"

Furthermore, the aforementioned resolution reiterates the following mandates to the Permanent Council and the General Secretariat:

"a. Confidence- and Security-Building in the Americas [AG/RES. 1623 (XXIX-O/99)], operative paragraphs 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 15;

b. Special Security Concerns of Small Island States [AG/RES. 1640 (XXIX-O/99)], operative paragraphs 2, 5, 12, 13, and 15;

c. Proliferation of and Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons [AG/RES. 1642 (XXIX-O/99)], (operative paragraph 4.a);

d. Work Program of the Committee on Hemispheric Security in Preparation for the Special Conference on Security [AG/RES. 1643 (XXIX-O/99)], operative paragraphs 6 and 7;

e. The Western Hemisphere as an Antipersonnel-Land-Mine-Free Zone [AG/RES. 1644 (XXIX-O/99)], (operative paragraphs 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18); and

f. Support for the Committee on Hemispheric Security [AG/RES. 1645 (XXIX-O/99)], (operative paragraph 4).

 

VIII. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON INTER-AMERICAN
SUMMITS MANAGEMENT