OEA/Ser.P AG/RES. 1823 (XXXI-O/01) 5 June 2001 Original: Spanish SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF THE INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS (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 support for the work of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (CP/doc.3303/00); CONSIDERING its resolutions AG/RES. 1702 (XXX-O/00), AG/RES. 1334 (XXV-O/95), AG/RES. 1405 (XXVI-O/96), and AG/RES. 1665 (XXIX-O/99) on support for the work of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights; NOTING the outstanding work of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in promoting human rights by creating educational programs to inform the public about the rights internationally recognized by their states; RECOGNIZING the specialized training and technical assistance provided by the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights to judges, electoral tribunals, ministries of education, government human rights offices, police forces, and armed forces, and to civil society organizations, educators, jurists, and political parties; RECOGNIZING the participation of the Institute in the dialogue on the inter-American system for the promotion and protection of human rights, held under the aegis of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs; and EXPRESSING ITS APPRECIATION for the work of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in the countries of the Hemisphere over the 20 years since its foundation in building democracy and in the observance of human rights, as well as its technical assistance in drafting modern legislation and incorporating international law into domestic law, RESOLVES: 1. To support the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights so that it may continue to carry out promotional, educational, and specialized training activities in the field of human rights at the national, regional, and hemispheric levels, so as to strengthen the effective exercise of those rights. 2. To encourage the states and international and regional financial institutions to support the various programs of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and to contribute to its financing. 3. To pay tribute to the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights on the 21st anniversary of its creation in 1980 and to congratulate it on its record of tireless efforts over two decades in the area of human rights promotion and education. 4. To instruct the Permanent Council to invite the Institute to continue to participate in the dialogue on the inter-American system for the promotion and protection of human rights.