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OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1789 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: English

SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF THE INTER-AMERICAN
COMMITTEE AGAINST TERRORISM

(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 Chair of the Permanent Council to the General Assembly (AG/doc.3970/01) which includes as an Annex a note sent by the Chair of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) on CICTE's activities;

BEARING IN MIND that the General Assembly, through its resolution AG/RES. 1650 (XXIX-O/99), "Hemispheric Cooperation to Prevent, Combat, and Eliminate Terrorism," created the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), approved its Statute;

RECALLING the resolution AG/RES. 1734 (XXX-O/00), "Observations and Recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE);

CONSIDERING:

That the first regular session of CICTE was held in Miami, Florida, on October 28 and 29, 1999; and

That at its first regular session, CICTE approved its work plan, which was based on the recommendations contained in the Commitment of Mar del Plata, adopted at the Second Inter-American Specialized Conference on Terrorism held on November 1998 23 and 24, 1998, in Argentina; and

That in order to further implement the work plan, the Chair of CICTE sent a questionnaire to all member states on September 5, 2000,

RESOLVES:

1. To urge the OAS member states to comply with the recommendations contained in the Work Program of CICTE, attached to document CP/doc.3268/00 as Annex C, among other things, by responding the questionnaire prepared by CICTE.

2. To recognize the effort made by the ten member states that have submitted the responses to the CICTE's questionnaire.

3. To urge member states, that have not yet done so, to send their responses to the said questionnaire no later than September 15, 2001.

4. To request CICTE to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second regular session on the implementation of this resolution.