AG/RES. 1359 (XXV-O/95)

HEMISPHERIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)

WHEREAS:

The Summit of the Americas, held in Miami in December 1994, decided that the governments should "discuss progress on implementation of international and national activities" described in Chapter IV of its Plan of Action, at the 1996 Summit Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Bolivia, and at subsequent annual ministerial-level meetings on sustainable development;

The Summit Conference on Sustainable Development will be the continuation of a process initiated with the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and followed by the decisions adopted at the Summit of the Americas;

The Government of Bolivia has requested the cooperation of the Organization of American States in preparing and holding this Summit Conference since, in its view, this Organization is the highest forum for regional consultations; and

The Government of Bolivia has taken major initiatives with regard to organizing this event, including the establishment of a regional advisory group to prepare a draft agenda in conjunction with the OAS General Secretariat,

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

RESOLVES:

  1. To accede to the request of the Government of Bolivia that the Organization of American States assist in preparing and holding the Summit Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in that country in the second half of 1996.

  2. To instruct the General Secretariat to provide advisory services and support to the Government of Bolivia in preparing for the Summit Conference.

  3. To instruct the Permanent Council to participate actively in preparing the agenda and formulating proposals to be considered at the Summit Conference on Sustainable Development.

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