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.
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