AG/RES. 2033 (XXXIV-O/04)

INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCES ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 

(Adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June 8, 2004)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council (AG/doc.4265/04 add. 3) as it pertains to the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law; and 

CONSIDERING:

That the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 1923 (XXXIII-O/03), convened the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VII) and instructed the Permanent Council, with the assistance of the General Secretariat, to conduct consultations with member states on the agenda for CIDIP-VII and on possible dates and venues; 

That the Permanent Council entrusted the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs with carrying out the mandates in resolution AG/RES. 1923 (XXXIII-O/03); 

That, in a note dated October 22, 2003, the Chair of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs asked the member states to submit their proposals for the CIDIP-VII agenda; 

That the General Secretariat, through the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA), prepared a study entitled “Selection of Agenda Topics for the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law” (CP/CAJP-2094/03) in order to help member states and the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs in their deliberations on the agenda; 

That several delegations have presented their proposals for a draft agenda to the Chair of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CP/CAJP-2094/03 and add. 1-7); and 

That, with regard to the previous Specialized Conference (CIDIP-VI), the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 1922 (XXXIII-O/03), instructed the General Secretariat to facilitate consultations with groups of experts and develop mechanisms and strategies for follow-up on the promotion, adoption, and implementation of documents approved at CIDIP-VI and for fostering broader consultation among member states, 

RESOLVES: 

1. To urge those member states that have not done so to present their proposals and observations on a possible agenda for the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law. 

2. To request the Permanent Council, with the assistance of the General Secretariat, to study the topics proposed by the member states and their feasibility for inclusion in the agenda of the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law. 

3. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue its consultations on possible dates and venues for the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law. 

4. To request the Inter-American Juridical Committee to contribute to the preparatory work for the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law, once the Permanent Council has approved the agenda for the Conference. 

5. To request the General Secretariat to explore means of collaboration with international organizations, including the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others, involved in the process of drafting and promoting international instruments compatible with those developed in the CIDIP process. 

6. To request the General Secretariat to include, in due course, such items as may be required in the proposed program-budget of the Organization, within available resources, to begin the necessary preparatory work for the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law. 

7. To urge those member states that have not yet done so to consider enacting legislation consistent with the Model Inter-American Law on Secured Transactions, adopted at the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law and, to that end, to request support from the General Secretariat. 

8. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth regular session on the implementation of this resolution.