AG/RES. 1264 (XXIV-O/94)

SUPPORT OF CIDI AND CONVOCATION OF THE ELEVENTH INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE

(Resolution adopted at the eighth plenary session, held on June 9, 1994)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

BEARING IN MING that resolution AG/RES. 1 (XX-E/94) stated, when defining the specific sphere of action of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), that it should include a mechanism for coordination between CIDI and other institutions of the inter-American system responsible for cooperation activities;

CONSIDERING that among the priorities established by the General Assembly for the OAS, in general, and for CIDI, specifically, are, inter alia, the promotion of agricultural development, supporting education, encouraging the generation of productive employment, economic diversification, economic integration, trade liberalization and access to markets; scientific development and interchange and transfer of technology; rational use of natural resources and preservation of the environment;

REALIZING that the priorities, program guidelines and policies of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), as the specialized agency in the inter-American system for agricultural development, coincide with the priorities of the OAS and CIDI in the areas described above;

TAKING NOTE that IICA has requested the Secretary General of the OAS to convene the Eleventh Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture in accordance with resolution IICA/JIA/RES. 232 (VII-O/93), adopted at IICA's Seventh Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture and that this meeting will be financed by IICA and therefore will not imply expenditure by the Organization in accordance with Article 45 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly,

RESOLVES:

  1. To recommend to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) that it cooperate with the InterAmerican Council for Integral Development (CIDI) for the fulfillment of their common goals.

  2. To support cooperative efforts between the OAS and IICA in carrying out joint development activities, including border development programs, and in coordinating human and financial resources to the extent possible for the Commitment on a Partnership for Development and Struggle to Overcome Extreme Poverty.

  3. To authorize the Secretary General to convene the Eleventh Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Agriculture, during the third week of September, 1995.

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