OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1801 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: English
CONFIDENCE- AND SECURITY-BUILDING IN 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 annual report of the Permanent Council
(AG/doc.3970/01) on the matters assigned to the Committee on
Hemispheric Security;
BEARING IN MIND that under Article 2 of the Charter of the
Organization of American States, one of the essential purposes
of the Organization is to strengthen the peace and security of
the continent;
RECALLING its resolutions AG/RES. 1121 (XXI-O/91) and AG/RES.
1123 (XXI-O/91), on strengthening peace and security in the
Hemisphere, and AG/RES. 1179 (XXII-O/92), AG/RES. 1237 (XXIII-O/93),
AG/RES. 1284 (XXIV-O/94), AG/RES. 1288 (XXIV-O/94), AG/RES. 1353
(XXV-O/95), AG/RES. 1409 (XXVI-O/96), AG/RES. 1494 (XXVII-O/97),
AG/RES. 1566 (XXVIII-O/98), AG/RES. 1623 (XXIX-O/99), and
AG/RES. 1744 (XXX-O/00), on confidence- and security-building
measures;
EMPHASIZING the importance of the Declaration of Santiago and
the Declaration of San Salvador on Confidence- and
Security-Building Measures;
RECOGNIZING the consolidation of democracy in the region,
efforts to promote disarmament and international peace and
security, and the willingness of states to continue
strengthening confidence and security in the Hemisphere;
NOTING the progress made in identifying and applying
confidence- and security-building measures particularly since
the adoption of the said Declarations of Santiago and San
Salvador, which has helped to reduce factors that generate
distrust and has contributed to the promotion of transparency
and mutual confidence;
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION the results of the Conference of
Defense Ministers of the Americas held in Manaus, Brazil, in
October 2000; and
AWARE of the agreements on hemispheric security arrived at by
the Heads of State and Government at the Third Summit of the
Americas in Quebec City,
RESOLVES:
1. To urge member states to implement, in the manner they
deem most appropriate, the recommendations of the Declaration of
Santiago and the Declaration of San Salvador on Confidence- and
Security-Building Measures and of resolution AG/RES. 1179 (XXII-O/92).
2. To call on member states to provide to the General
Secretariat, by July 15 of each year, information on the
application of confidence- and security-building measures in the
previous calendar year, in light of the provisions of the said
Declarations of Santiago and San Salvador and resolutions
AG/RES. 1284 (XXIV-O/94) and AG/RES. 1288 (XXIV-O/94).
3. To commend member states which have regularly submitted
their reports on the application of confidence- and
security-building measures.
4. To urge member states to continue promoting transparency
in defense policy with regard to, among other things,
modernizing the armed forces, including changes in their
structure and composition, the acquisition of equipment and
materiel, and military expenditures, in conformity with the said
Declaration of San Salvador.
5. To request the Permanent Council to identify, through the
Committee on Hemispheric Security, measures to promote the
development and exchange of information concerning defense
policies and doctrines.
6. To request that the Permanent Council, through the
Committee on Hemispheric Security, hold a seminar on preparing
defense policy and doctrine papers, in coordination with the
Inter-American Defense College and other institutions that
specialize in this subject, and that it present a report which
will serve as the basis for the development of general
guidelines for said papers.
7. To reiterate the importance of full participation by all
member states in the United Nations Register of Conventional
Arms, and of providing the required information for the
preparation of the United Nations Standardized International
Reporting of Military Expenditures, in accordance with the
pertinent resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly;
and to renew its request that member states provide said
information to the Secretary General by July 15 of each year.
8. To request that the Permanent Council, through the
Committee on Hemispheric Security, hold a meeting on the
Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional
Weapons Acquisitions and the two United Nations confidence and
security measures cited in the preceding paragraph, in order to
increase understanding of and participation in this Convention
and these UN measures, and allow for an exchange of views among
member states.
9. To recall the mandate set forth in resolutions AG/RES.
1623 (XXIX-O/99) and AG/RES. 1744 (XXX-O/00), which instructed
the Permanent Council to hold, each year, a special meeting of
the Committee on Hemispheric Security with the participation of
experts dedicated to the analysis and exchange of information on
confidence- and security-building measures in the region,
especially those identified in the said Declarations of Santiago
and San Salvador.
10. To request the Secretary General to update each year, on
the basis of information submitted by the member states, the
roster of experts on confidence- and security-building measures,
and to circulate it to the member states each year by July 15.
11. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue to support
the participation of the Committee on Hemispheric Security in
regional security meetings and conferences, especially in the
Fifth Conference of Ministers of Defense of the Americas, to be
held in Chile.
12. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue encouraging
the exchange of experiences in the area of confidence- and
security-building measures with other regions, which may include
the exchange of information between the Committee on Hemispheric
Security and other international organizations working on the
subject, such as the United Nations, the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Association
of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum.
13. To request the Permanent Council to conduct, through the
Committee on Hemispheric Security, an exchange of experiences
and information with the OSCE in the year 2002 at OAS
headquarters.
14. To instruct the Permanent Council to prepare, through the
Committee on Hemispheric Security, an experts meeting to
evaluate implementation of measures identified in the said
Declarations of Santiago and San Salvador, and to consider
future steps to further consolidate mutual confidence.
15. To instruct the General Secretariat to coordinate with
the Inter-American Defense Board in updating the inventory of
confidence- and security-building measures, based on reports
presented by member states pursuant to resolutions AG/RES. 1623
(XXIX-O/99) and AG/RES. 1744 (XXX-O/00), and to facilitate
access to that inventory.
16. To request that the General Secretariat, in coordination
with the Inter-American Defense Board, pursuant to resolution
AG/RES. 1240 (XXIII-O/93), prepare a catalogue of confidence-
and security-building measures undertaken in other regions of
the world, with a view to identifying best practices, and that
it do so as a contribution to the above-mentioned experts
meeting.
17. To instruct the General Secretariat to make operational
the cooperative communication network for the instant exchange
of information on confidence- and security-building measures.
18. To instruct the Permanent Council to carry out the
activities mentioned in this resolution within the resources
allocated in the program-budget and other resources.
19. To request that the Permanent Council report on the
implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at is
thirty-second regular session.
20. To request the Secretary General to transmit this
resolution to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the
Secretary General of the OSCE, the Chairman of the ASEAN
Regional Forum, and to other pertinent regional organizations.
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