OEA/Ser.P AG/RES. 1792 (XXXI-O/01) 5 June 2001 Original: Spanish SUPPORT FOR ACTION AGAINST MINES IN PERU AND ECUADOR (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 matters entrusted to the Committee on Hemispheric Security (AG/doc.3970/01) and the Report of the Secretary General on the implementation of resolution AG/RES. 1751 (XXX-O/00), "Support for the Program of Integral Action against Antipersonnel Mines in Central America" (CP/doc.3432/01 rev. 1); and The Framework Agreements for implementation of the Assistance Program for Integral Action against Antipersonnel Mines signed by the Governments of Ecuador and Peru and the Secretariat as an expression of the firm and irrevocable will of both countries to rid their respective territories of antipersonnel mine stockpiles; RECALLING: Resolutions AG/RES. 1411 (XXVI-O/96), AG/RES. 1496 (XXVI-O/97), and AG/RES. 1569 (XXVIII-O/98); Resolution AG/RES. 1644 (XXIX-O/99), in which it urged member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) and permanent observers to provide assistance to the national mine-clearing programs carried out by Ecuador and Peru within their respective territories; and Resolution AG/RES. 1745 (XXX-O/00), "Support for Action against Mines in Peru and Ecuador," which instructed the General Secretariat to continue, through the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, to provide assistance and obtain contributions from countries and organizations to the specific fund for the mine-clearing program and programs for integral action against antipersonnel mines carried out by Peru and Ecuador; ACKNOWLEDGING: The mine-clearing operations being carried out by the Governments of Peru and Ecuador in their respective areas of their shared border and the support offered by Canada, the United States, and others for the mine-clearing programs they will conduct in a number of areas within their territories during 2000; The establishment, within the framework of the OAS and under the auspices of Canada, of a Specific Fund to Support Mine-Clearing in Peru and Ecuador administered by the UPD, to provide support to the two countries for the execution of their national programs for integral action against antipersonnel mines; and The political commitment expressed by the Governments of Ecuador and Peru when requesting support from the "Challenge of Managua" Fund for the destruction of mine stockpiles, as part of the political commitments undertaken in the framework of the Ottawa Convention, RESOLVES: 1. To congratulate the Governments of Ecuador and Peru on signing with the General Secretariat the Agreements regarding the Program of Assistance for Integral Action against Antipersonnel Mines within their countries. 2. To urge the General Secretariat to continue supporting the work begun by the Governments of Ecuador and Peru with a view to executing the activities included in the Program of Assistance for Integral Action against Antipersonnel Mines in Ecuador and Peru. 3. To instruct the General Secretariat to continue, through the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, to provide assistance and obtain voluntary contributions from member countries, permanent observers, and organizations to the specific fund for the mine-clearing programs and programs for integral action against antipersonnel mines carried out by Peru and Ecuador in their respective territories, for the common purpose of making the Western Hemisphere an antipersonnel-land-mine-free zone. 4. To instruct the General Secretariat to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second regular session on the implementation of this resolution.