OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1777 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: Spanish

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PROGRAM ON THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUITY AND EQUALITY

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

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN resolution AG/RES. 1625 (XXIX-O/99), "Status of Women in the Americas and Strengthening and Modernization of the Inter-American Commission of Women," which called a meeting of ministers or of the highest-ranking authorities responsible for the advancement of women in the member states and requested the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), acting as coordinator for the aforementioned meeting, to prepare a draft agenda that was to include approval of the "Draft Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality";

BEARING IN MIND the mandates contained in resolution AG/RES. 1732 (XXX-O/00), "Adoption and Implementation of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality";

CONSIDERING that the objective of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality is to integrate a gender perspective as a decisive strategy in implementing the Program and in attaining its ultimate purpose, which is the promotion and protection of women's human rights and gender equity and equality;

REAFFIRMING the commitment undertaken at the highest level to protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, to eradicate all forms of discrimination, and to promote equality, as expressed in the political declaration of the Third Summit of the Americas; and

EMPHASIZING that adoption of the Inter-American Program reaffirmed the states' commitment to combat all forms of discrimination and to promote equal rights and opportunities for women and men, with a gender perspective, which will require the ongoing participation of the OAS and, in particular, of the CIM, as the principal forum for generating hemispheric policy on gender equity and equality, as well as cooperation between the OAS and the different regional and subregional agencies and entities,
RESOLVES:

1. To receive with satisfaction the first report on the implementation and promotion of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality, in fulfillment of resolution AG/RES. 1732 (XXX-O/00).

2. To reaffirm the governments' commitment to integrate a gender perspective into their national programs and policies.

3. To welcome the work of the Secretary General and urge him to continue his efforts to implement the objectives of the Inter-American Program and promote the incorporation of a gender perspective as an integral part of the Organization's activities, policies, programs, projects, and agendas.

4. To instruct the Secretary General and the Permanent Council to assign to the Inter-American Commission of Women, in the program-budget for 2002, the human and financial resources it needs in order to act as an organ for follow-up, coordination, and evaluation of the Inter-American Program and of actions taken to implement that Program, bearing in mind the other priorities of the Organization.

5. To request voluntary contributions to accelerate the implementation of the Inter-American Program.

6. To request the Secretary General to report to the General Assembly, at its thirty-second regular session, on activities undertaken by all organs, agencies, and entities of the OAS to implement the Inter-American Program and to present recommendations to the General Assembly for its further implementation.