AG/RES. 1486 (XXVII-O/97)

AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

(Resolution adopted at the seventh plenary session, held on June 5, 1997)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council on amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly (AG/doc.3464/97);

BEARING IN MIND that the General Assembly, through resolution AG/RES. 1400 (XXVI-O/96), "Amendment of Article 22 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly," replaced the words "Second Committee (Economic and Social Matters, and Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Matters)" in the third paragraph of that article with the words "Second Committee (Matters relating to the Partnership for Integral Development)";

CONSIDERING that, through the same resolution, AG/RES. 1400 (XXVI-O/96), the General Assembly instructed the Permanent Council, "once it has adopted the Statutes of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, to conduct the necessary studies to establish whether, as a result of the adoption of the Statutes, new changes will have to be introduced into the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly"; and that those Statutes were adopted by resolution AG/RES. 1443 (XXVI-O/96); and

MINDFUL of the provisions of Article 92 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly,

RESOLVES:

1. To amend Article 6, 21, 33, and 42 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly to read as follows:

Article 6. The chairmen, presidents, or representatives of the following organs or agencies of the inter-American system may attend the General Assembly sessions with the right to speak:

Inter-American Juridical Committee;

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights;

Inter-American Court of Human Rights;

Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development;

Inter-American specialized organizations.

Article 21. The chairman of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, or his representatives, may participate in the deliberations of the Preparatory Committee, with the right to speak.

The Committee may invite representatives of other entities of the inter-American system to participate in its deliberations when it considers matters directly related to the activities of those entities.

Article 33. The agenda for each regular session shall include the following matters, in addition to those mentioned in Article 32:

a. Adoption of the agenda;

b. The observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council on the reports of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, the Inter-American Juridical Committee, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the General Secretariat, the specialized organizations and conferences, and the other organs, agencies, and entities;

c. Determination of the place and date of the next regular session;

d. Election of officers of organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization.

The following matters shall be included on the agenda every two years:

i. Approval of the biennial program-budget of the Organization; and

ii. Determination of the quotas of the member states.

Article 42. Reports from the Meeting of Consultation, those requested by the General Assembly itself, and any observations and recommendations that the Permanent Council may present on the reports of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, the Inter-American Juridical Committee, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the General Secretariat, the specialized organizations and conferences, and the other organs, agencies, and entities must be transmitted to the governments of the member states no later than thirty days prior to the opening date of the regular session of the General Assembly.

2. To instruct the General Secretariat to publish the revised text of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly.