OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1765 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: Spanish

SIXTH INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (CIDIP-VI)

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 5, 2001;
subject to review by the Style Committee)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the Report of the Permanent Council on the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) (CP/doc.3447/01);

BEARING IN MIND that, through resolution AG/RES. 1393 (XXVI-O/96), it convened CIDIP-VI;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that, through resolution CP/RES. 744 (1185/99), the Permanent Council approved the agenda for CIDIP-VI and resolved to convene two meetings of experts prior to the specialized conference;

CONSIDERING:

That the two Meetings of Government Experts to prepare for CIDIP-VI were held at OAS headquarters on December 3 and 4, 1998, and from February 14 to 18, 2000, respectively; and
That, through resolution AG/RES. 1699 (XXX-O/00), it instructed the Permanent Council to set a date in 2001 for CIDIP-VI, in accordance with the resources allocated in the program-budget and other resources, bearing in mind the status of preparations for the Conference and the Government of Guatemala's offer to host the meeting; and

BEARING IN MIND:
That, through resolution CP/RES. 705 (1132/97), the Permanent Council accepted the offer of the Government of Guatemala to host the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI);

That, through resolution CP/RES. 744 (1185/99), the Permanent Council approved the agenda for the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI); and
The proposal by the Government of Guatemala that the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) be held in Guatemala from November 12 to 16, 2001 (CP/doc.3420/01 corr. 1),

RESOLVES:

1. To express its satisfaction with the progress being made in preparing for the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI).
2. To convene the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI), in accordance with the resources allocated in the program-budget and other resources, for November 12 to 16, 2001, in Guatemala, with the following agenda, approved by the Permanent Council:
a. Standardized commercial documentation for international transportation, with special reference to the 1989 Inter-American Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, with the possible incorporation of an additional protocol on bills of lading.
b. International loan contracts of a private nature, in particular, the uniformity and harmonization of secured transactions law.
c. Conflict of laws on extracontractual liability, with an emphasis on competency of jurisdiction and applicable law with respect to civil international liability for transboundary pollution.
3. To instruct the Permanent Council to take into account the conclusions and recommendations of the preparatory Meetings of Government Experts and to continue carrying out the tasks it considers necessary to prepare for CIDIP-VI, pursuant to the agenda approved by the Permanent Council.
4. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second regular session on the implementation of this resolution.