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AG/RES. 1514 (XXVII-O/97)

COORDINATION AND FOLLOW-UP OF THE DECLARATION OF SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA AND THE PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAS

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

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) on coordination and follow-up of the Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Americas (AG/doc.3540/97);

BEARING IN MIND:

Resolution CIDI/RES. 11 (II-O/97), "Inter-American Program for Sustainable Development and Follow-up to the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development"; and

Resolution CIDI/CIDS/RES. 1 (I-97), "Coordination and Follow-up to the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development"; and

RECALLING:

Resolution AG/RES. 1440 (XXVI-O/96), "Sustainable Development"; and

The Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Americas, adopted by the heads of state and government at the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development, held in Bolivia, in December 1996,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of the report of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) on coordination and follow-up of the Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Americas.

2. To assign high priority to the tasks of coordination and follow-up of the decisions of the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development entrusted to the Organization of American States, and to study the progress made in the implementation of the Plan of Action, in compliance with the agreements contained in the Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Plan of Action on the Sustainable Development of the Americas, as well as those in CIDI's Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development 1997-2001.

3. To note with satisfaction the efforts made by CIDI, the Inter-American Committee on Sustainable Development, and the Working Group of the Permanent Executive Committee of CIDI (CEPCIDI) to support coordination and follow-up of the programs and activities that the Organization develops in this area.

4. To support the convening of the Special Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Sustainable Development (CIDS) and the ministerial meeting of CIDI on sustainable development, to take place before the Summit of the Americas in Santiago, to follow up on the implementation of the Declaration and Plan of Action of Santa Cruz and the Inter-American Program on Sustainable Development.

5. To recommend to CIDI that, through CEPCIDI, it establish immediately an ad hoc committee on sustainable development to support the preparation of the meetings mentioned in the preceding paragraph, including the development of the respective draft agendas and consideration of the pertinent documents, and that it support coordination and follow-up of the decisions of the Declaration and Plan of Action of Santa Cruz and other mandates entrusted to CIDS and to the Working Group on Sustainable Development through CIDI/RES. 11 (II-O/97).

6. To instruct the General Secretariat to give its full support to the ad hoc Committee in carrying out the mandates entrusted to it. To this end, the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development shall coordinate the necessary support tasks with the pertinent entities within the General Secretariat and, in particular, with the Unit for Sustainable Development.

7. To support the Secretary General's efforts to prepare the report on progress made in implementing the decisions of the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development, to be made available prior to the 1998 Summit of the Americas.

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