AG/RES. 1328 (XXV-O/95)
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE
(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council on the Annual
Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (AG/doc.3201/95) and the presentation
made thereon by the Chair of the Committee, Ambassador Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro; and
CONSIDERING:
That Article 53.f of the Charter of the Organization of American States includes among
the powers of the General Assembly that of considering the observations and
recommendations presented by the Permanent Council with regard to the reports of the
organs and entities of the Organization, in accordance with the provisions of Article 90.f
of the Charter;
That Article 52 of the Charter of the OAS establishes the Inter-American Juridical
Committee as one of the organs of the Organization; and
That the Inter-American Juridical Committee presented its Annual Report to the
Permanent Council, which in turn has transmitted its observations and recommendations
thereon to the General Assembly,
RESOLVES:
- To accept and transmit to the Inter-American Juridical Committee the observations and
recommendations made by the Permanent Council o fthe Organization on the Committee's
Annual Report.
- To express satisfaction with the efforts of the Inter-American Juridical Committee to
respond to the priorities of the Organization by undertaking such activities as
refashioning its annual report, properly developing its program of activities, and
initiating an outreach program for universities and bar associations.
- To recommend to the Inter-American Juridical Committee that it disseminate, under
resolution CJI/RES. II-13/94, the documents it has prepared on the topic "Methods of
Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in Regional and Subregional Integration and Free Trade
Schemes," as well as the introductory note thereto, and to urge the Committee to
include in its studies consideration of the most-favored-nation principle and its
application in the Americas as well as of other means of favoring the less developed
countries.
- To instruct the Inter-American Juridical Committee to continue its efforts to promote
dissemination and discussion of appropriate norms to enhance the reliability and stability
of securities markets in the member states, in collaboration with the World Bank, the
Inter-American Development Bank, the International Bar Association, and other entities
mentioned in the report of the Committee, pursuant to resolution CJI/RES. II-23/94
- To ask the Inter-American Juridical Committee to proceed with its studies on enhancement
of the administration of justice and the independence of the judiciary in the Americas
and, in coordination with the Permanent Council, to distribute its reports thereon to the
member states.
- To urge the Inter-American Juridical Committee to continue the study of democracy in the
inter-American system, pursuant to its resolution CJI/RES. II-12/94, with particular focus
on the latest developments in the region in that regard.
- To recommend to the Inter-American Juridical Committee that it keep the study of
different methods for the peaceful settlement of disputes on its agenda with a view to
continuing to examine them.
- To request the Inter-American Juridical Committee to attach priority to making comments
and observations on the draft Inter-American Convention against Corruption, which will be
submitted to it by the Chair of the Working Group on Probity and Public Ethics.
- To urge the Inter-American Juridical Committee to proceed with the study of
inter-American juridical cooperation measures to combat terrorism.
- To ask the Inter-American Juridical Committee to keep the "Right to
Information" on its agenda.
- To recommend to the Inter-American Juridical Committee that, with assistance from the
General Secretariat, it continue coordinating its activities with other regional and
international organizations engaged in juridical matters and, in particular, with those
institutions listed in CJI/RES. II-10/94.
- To note with satisfaction the upcoming second meeting of the Inter-American Juridical
Committee with legal consultants and advisers to the ministries of foreign affairs of
member states of the Organization.
- To reiterate the importance of holding the International Law Course organized by the
Inter-American Juridical Committee in collaboration with the General Secretariat.
- To take note of the agenda adopted by the Inter-American Juridical Committee for its
next regular session.
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Assembly 1995 Resolutions