OEA/Ser.P AG/RES. 1809 (XXXI-O/01) 5 June 2001 Original: Spanish TWELFTH INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (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 Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development 1997-2001; the Declaration and Plan of Action of Viña del Mar adopted by the Ministers of Labor at the Eleventh Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor; resolution RESDA-XI/RES. 5/00 of the Meeting to Follow-up on the Decisions Adopted by the Eleventh Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor; the Declaration of Quebec City and the Plan of Action signed by the Heads of State and Government at the Third Summit of the Americas; and resolutions CIDI/RES. 90 (V-O/00) and CIDI/RES. 11 (I-E/01); CONSIDERING that at the Third Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, the Heads of State and Government reaffirmed the fundamental importance of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, supported the preparatory process for the Twelfth Conference in 2001, and directed the ministers to build upon the Viña del Mar Declaration by collaborating in the examination of the labor dimension of the Summit of the Americas process in order to identify areas of agreement and issues where further work needs to be done; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT: That resolution CIDI/RES. 90 (V-O/00) provided for the holding of the Twelfth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor in 2001 in Canada; That resolution CIDI/RES. 95 (V-O/00) recommended to the OAS General Assembly that it approve the necessary resources in the 2001 program-budget for holding the Twelfth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor; and That the Government of Canada confirmed its offer to host the above-mentioned meeting, RESOLVES: 1. To take note that CIDI has convened the Twelfth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor to be held in Ottawa, Canada, from October 17 to 19, 2001. 2. To instruct the General Secretariat, through the Unit for Social Development and Education and in coordination with the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), to provide the Ministers of Labor with all the necessary technical and secretariat support for preparatory and follow-up meetings on the mandates of the Second and Third Summit of the Americas, contained in the sections on labor. 3. To recommend to the member states to promote, with the support of the Unit for Social Development and Education in coordination with the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD), the preparation of multilateral projects related to the Summits mandates. 4. To request CIDI to report on the implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at its thirty-second regular session.