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AG/RES. 1491 (XXVII-O/97)

CONSIDERATION OF THE SITUATION OF THE PERMANENT OBSERVERS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION

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

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the request presented by several member states to consider the situation of the permanent observers and their participation in the activities and programs of the Organization;

CONSIDERING:

That the General Assembly, by resolution AG/RES. 50 (I-O/71), established the status of permanent observer to the Organization of American States and entrusted the Permanent Council with the task of determining the criteria and timing for implementing that decision; and

That the Permanent Council has complied with the mandate from the General Assembly, by means of resolutions CP/RES. 52 (61/72) and CP/RES. 407 (573/84); and

BEARING IN MIND:

That 41 states have now acquired the status of permanent observer to the Organization;

That it is appropriate to consider the possibility of establishing criteria recognizing the various forms of participation by these states in the activities and programs of the Organization; and

That several permanent observers have expressed a desire for greater participation in the activities and programs of the Organization,

RESOLVES:

1. To instruct the Permanent Council to study the situation of the permanent observers so as to assess the possibility of establishing criteria governing all aspects of participation by those states in the cooperation activities and programs of the Organization.

2. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth regular session on the results of the studies conducted in this area.

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