OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1804 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: Spanish
INTERPARLIAMENTARY FORUM 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 topic
"Parliamentary Network of the Americas," presented in
fulfillment of resolution AG/RES. 1722 (XXX-O/00) (CP/doc. /00);
RECALLING the Declaration of Santiago of the Second Summit of
the Americas (1998), which reaffirms the willingness of the
Heads of State and Government to enhance dialogue and
inter-American cooperation in a spirit of cooperation and
solidarity;
MINDFUL that the Heads of State and Government, gathered at
the Third Summit of the Americas, decided in their Plan of
Action to encourage "cooperation and exchange of
experiences and parliamentary best practices between national
legislators of the Hemisphere, while respecting the separation
and balance of powers, through bilateral, subregional and
hemispheric vehicles such as the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of
the Americas (FIPA)";
NOTING that the Parliamentary Conference of the Americas (COPA)
will hold its annual meeting in Rio de Janeiro in November 2001;
CONSIDERING the mandates contained in resolutions AG/RES.
1599 (XXVIII-O/98), AG/RES. 1673 (XXIX-O/99), and AG/RES. 1722 (XXX-O/00),
"Parliamentary Network of the Americas";
BEARING IN MIND that, at the meeting of parliamentarians held
in Ottawa, Canada, from March 7 to 9, 2001, the
Interparliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA) was established;
HAVING EXAMINED the report of the Secretary General on the
implementation of resolution AG/RES. 1722 (XXX-O/00)
(CP/doc.3431/01); and
CONSIDERING that, in the inter-American context,
interparliamentary dialogue plays an important part in
promoting, inter alia, mutual awareness and cooperation through
the exchange of experience on matters of common interest,
RESOLVES:
1. To take note of the report of the Secretary General on the
implementation of resolution AG/RES. 1722 (XXX-O/00) and its
appendixes.
2. To note with satisfaction the establishment of the
Interparliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA) at the meeting
held in Ottawa, Canada, from March 7 to 9, 2001, and to express
its confidence that said forum will make a decisive contribution
to strengthening the role of the legislature in democracy and in
the promotion and defense of democracy and human rights,
pursuant to the objectives set forth in its rules of procedure.
3. To welcome the decision taken by FIPA to strengthen its
ties with the OAS by its request that the General Secretariat of
the Organization, through its Unit for the Promotion of
Democracy (UPD), provide technical support to the Technical
Secretariat of FIPA.
4. To instruct the General Secretariat, within resources
allocated in the program-budget and other resources, and in
accordance with the priorities set by the Permanent Council and
its own possibilities, to provide technical assistance to FIPA
in the preparations for the next meeting, to be held in Mexico
in 2002.
5. To request the Secretary General to keep the Permanent
Council informed with respect to the implementation of this
resolution and report thereon to the General Assembly at its
thirty-second regular session.
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