OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1790 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: English
APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AT THE
OAS
(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on
June 5, 2001;
subject to review by the Style Committee)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
CONSIDERING that resolution AG/RES. 1627 (XXIX-O/99),
"Appointment of Women to Senior Management Position at the
OAS", urged the Secretary General to establish as an
objective that, by the year 2005, women should occupy 50% of
posts in all categories of the OAS system;
RECALLING that resolution AG/RES. 1729 (XXX-O/00) regarding
the seventh biennial report of the Secretary General of the OAS
on compliance with resolution AG/RES. 829 (XVI-O/86), "Full
and Equal Participation of Women by the Year 2000," which
urged the inter-American system to continue working to achieve
full and equal participation by women in development and in
decision-making process and instruct the Secretary General of
the OAS to increase his efforts to guarantee equal opportunity
for women in obtaining senior executive positions in the OAS,
taking into account the Inter-American Program on the Promotion
of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality;
BEARING IN MIND Article 120 of the Charter of the
Organization of American States, and Article 37 of the General
Standards, which stipulates that first consideration shall be
given to efficiency, competence, and integrity in the
recruitment of General Secretariat personnel, but that
importance shall also be attached to the criterion of the widest
possible geographic distribution in hiring personnel at all
levels; and Article 137 of the Charter of the Organization,
which states that the Organization of American States does not
allow any restriction based on race, creed, or sex with respect
to eligibility to hold positions in the Organization and to
participate in its activities;
BEARING IN MIND that the issue of matching organizational
structure and staffing with mandates and resources is to be
considered by the OAS Permanent Council pursuant to AG/RES 2 (XXVII-E/00);
RECALLING that the CIM Plan of Action on Women's
Participation in Power and Decision-Making Structures, adopted
by the Twenty-ninth Assembly of Delegates of the CIM [CIM/RES.
198 (XXIX-O/98)] urges that areas for priority action include
the promotion of equal opportunities in the classification of
posts and procedures, the encouragement of upward mobility in
the civil service, and the fostering of similar principles in
various organizations and public institutions, such as the OAS;
REAFFIRMING the commitment expressed at the highest levels in
the Plan of Action of the Third Summit of the Americas, to
promote gender equity and equality and women's human rights by
strengthening and fostering women's full and equal participation
in decision-making at all levels, women's empowerment, and their
equal opportunities to exercise leadership;
CONSIDERING that the Inter-American Program on the Promotion
of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality, which
was approved at the First Meeting of Ministers or of the Highest
Ranking Authorities Responsible for the Advancement of Women,
held in April 2000, by the CIM and which was adopted by the
General Assembly of the OAS, by Resolution AG/RES. 1732 (XXX-O/00)
and endorsed by the Heads of State and Government in Quebec City
calls for the OAS General Secretariat to "implement
measures to ensure full and equal access by men and women to all
categories of posts in the OAS system, particularly in
decision-making positions";
RECOGNIZING that at the OAS, as of December 1990, the
percentage of women at high-level executive posts was 19% at the
D-2 level, 20% at the D-1 level, 11% at the P-5 level and 23% at
P-4 level and, that as of December of 1998 the proportion was 9%
at the D-2 level, 17% at the D-1 level, 20% at the P-5 level and
51% at the P-4 level, and as of March 2001 the proportion was 0%
at the non-classified and elected level, 20% at the D-2 level,
28% at the D-1 level, 23% at the P-5 level and 52% at the P-4
level,
RESOLVES:
1. To urge the Secretary General to reaffirm the urgent goal
that women should occupy, by the year 2005, 50% of posts at each
level within the OAS organs, agencies and entities, particularly
at the P-4 level and above.
2. To urge the Secretary General to continue to make gender
equity and equality one of the priorities in his continuing
efforts to establish a new management culture in the
Organization and to undertake, within the framework of the
Permanent Council's discussions on the issue of matching
organizational structure and staffing with mandates and
resources, to achieve the above mentioned objective.
3. To urge the Secretary General to appoint qualified women
as representatives and special envoys so that they may use their
good offices in representing the Secretary General in matters
relating to all areas and sectors.
4. To urge the Secretary General to actively seek and support
the nomination, election or appointment of qualified women to
all vacant positions in the OAS.
5. To request the Secretary General to continue his work to
establish policies of gender equality in the workplace and to
make each manager accountable for the application of these
policies.
6. To urge all member states to support the efforts of the
Secretary General and of the President of the CIM by
identifying, and regularly submitting, through their permanent
missions to the OAS, the most highly-qualified women candidates
to occupy positions of trust within the OAS and, to encourage
more women to apply for vacant positions, which will have been
widely publicized in all member states.
7. To request the Secretary General to monitor closely the
progress made by OAS organs, agencies and entities in meeting
the goal of women occupying 50% of posts at each level in the
OAS by the year 2005, to keep the Permanent Council informed
with respect to the implementation of this resolution, providing
it every year relevant Department of Human Resources statistics,
and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its
thirty-second regular session.
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