General
Assembly 1995 Resolutions(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
The Report of the Permanent Council on Strengthening of the OAS (AG/doc.3228/95);
The General Policy Framework and Priorities: Partnership for Development [AG/RES. 1 (XX-E/94)] and the Commitment on a Partnership for Development and Struggle to Overcome Extreme Poverty [AG/DEC. 1 (XX-E/94];
Resolution AG/RES. 2 (XIX-E/93), "Implementation of the Charter Provisions on Technical Cooperation";
Resolution AG/RES. 1276 (XXIV-O/94), "Evaluation of the Offices of the General Secretariat in the Member States";
Resolution AG/RES. 1282 (XXIV-O/94), "Strengthening of the OAS"; and
Resolution AG/RES. 1287 (XXIV-O/94), "Instruments for Implementing the Charter Provisions on Technical Cooperation";
CONSIDERING:
That, through resolution AG/RES. 986 (XIX-O/89), it instructed the Permanent Council to develop a Program of Action for the Strengthening of the OAS based on the premises agreed upon in the resolution "Strengthening of the OAS" (RTM/FOEA/RES. 1/89), adopted by the foreign ministers of the member states of the Organization;
That, through resolution AG/RES. 1260 (XXIV-O/94), it requested that CEPCIES and CEPCIECC set up a joint working group to study and recommend measures needed in both Councils during the transition stage, until such time as CIDI is established; and
That, through resolution AG/RES. 1282 (XXIV-O/94), it reiterated to the Permanent Council that it should submit to the General Assembly, at its twenty-fifth regular session, a detailed report on fulfillment of the
new mandate entrusted to the Working Group on the Strengthening of the OAS, as well as any recommendations that it may deem pertinent, to facilitate the process of transition until such time as the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) starts operating, in accordance with operative paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Commitment on a Partnership for Development and Struggle to Overcome Extreme Poverty [AG/DEC. 1 (XX-E/94)];
BEARING IN MIND that inter-American cooperation for integral development is a joint and shared responsibility of the member states
in the context of democratic principles and the institutions of the inter-American system and, as a fundamental area of OAS action, should meet its objectives more broadly and efficiently in the priority areas collectively defined by the member states;
REAFFIRMING the need to implement measures for redirecting development cooperation and ensuring the transition from CIES and CIECC to the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) through joint activities; and
OBSERVING:
That a number of different bodies are currently charged with implementing mandates relating to development cooperation; and
The need to find a more efficient approach to study the various mandates conferred by the General Assembly in this regard,
RESOLVES:
a. Implementation of the Charter Provisions on Technical Cooperation [AG/RES. 2 (XIX-E/93)];
b. Those contained in paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Commitment on a Partnership for Development and Struggle to Overcome Extreme Poverty [AG/DEC. 1 (XX-E/94)];
c. Development financing and external debt [AG/RES. 1282 (XXIV-O/94)], the study of which should be continued in light of the progress made in those areas and the agreements reached by the heads of state and government at the Summit of the Americas, held in 1994; and
d. Regional integration [AG/RES. 1282 (XXIV-O/94)], which should be conducted in light of the efforts now under way in the Special Committee on Trade and its Advisory Group.