OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1781 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: Spanish
MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OF
MINISTERS OR ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS
(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
conclusions and recommendations of the Third Meeting of
Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the
Americas (CP/doc.3478/01);
BEARING IN MIND that, in the Plan of Action of the Third
Summit of the Americas, the Heads of State and Government
decided to "continue to support the work done in the
context of the Meetings of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys
General of the Americas, whose Fourth Meeting will take place in
Trinidad and Tobago, as well as subsequent meetings, and the
implementation of their conclusions and recommendations";
BEARING IN MIND that, through its resolution AG/RES. 1615 (XXIX-O/99),
the General Assembly resolved to thank the Government of
Trinidad and Tobago for its generous offer to host the Fourth
Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys
General of the Americas and to accept that offer;
HAVING SEEN the relevance of the results of the pilot stage
of the project for the network for an exchange of information on
mutual legal assistance and its importance vis-à-vis the
objectives of the fight against crime, facilitation of access to
justice and connectivity, and strengthening of cooperation in
these areas; and
CONSIDERING:
That, pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 1698 (XXX-O/00), the
General Assembly transmitted the conclusions and recommendations
of the Third Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or
Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-III/doc.14/00 rev. 2),
as applicable, to the organs, agencies, and entities of the
inter-American system, for their implementation as appropriate;
That, pursuant to the said resolution, AG/RES. 1698 (XXX-O/00),
the General Assembly instructed the Permanent Council to follow
up on the implementation of said conclusions and
recommendations, giving special emphasis to those that are to be
implemented within the framework of the OAS; and
That, pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 1763 (XXX-O/00), the
General Assembly instructed the Permanent Council to carry out
the activities mentioned in that resolution within the resources
allocated in the program-budget and other resources,
RESOLVES:
1. To convene the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or
of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas, to be held in
Trinidad and Tobago in 2001, and to instruct the Permanent
Council to prepare, with the assistance of the General
Secretariat, the agenda and the preliminary documents for that
meeting and to set the date.
2. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue following-up
on the implementation of the conclusions and recommendations
adopted by the Third Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of
Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-III/doc.14/00
rev. 2), pursuant to the provisions of resolutions AG/RES. 1698
(XXX-O/00) and AG/RES. 1763 (XXX-O/00), and also to request the
ministers of justice or ministers or attorneys general to
consider continuing the project for the network for an exchange
of information on mutual legal assistance and to seek to
implement it throughout the Hemisphere.
3. To instruct the Permanent Council to report to the General
Assembly at its thirty-second regular session on the
implementation of this resolution.
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