OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1825 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: Spanish
SUPPORT FOR THE MANDATES OF THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS ON
STRENGTHENING MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND ON
CIVIL SOCIETY
(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 progress
made in implementing resolution AG/RES. 1760 (XXX-O/00),
"Support for the Mandates of the Summit of the Americas on
Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations and on
Civil Society";
RECALLING the commitments set forth in the Declarations and
Plans of Action of the Summits of the Americas held in Miami
(December 1994) and in Santiago (April 1998) to strengthen
democracy, inter alia, through modernization of the state,
strengthening of municipal and regional administrations, and the
promotion of civil society participation in decision-making on
public policy, as well as to share experiences and information
on programs in these areas supported by multilateral and
bilateral cooperation institutions, such as the Organization of
American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB),
and the World Bank;
NOTING IN PARTICULAR the commitments adopted at the Quebec
City Summit (April 2001) on empowering local governments and the
support expressed for the OAS Program of Cooperation in
Decentralization and Local Government, as well as for the
convocation of a Meeting of Ministers and High-level Authorities
Responsible for Decentralization, Local Governance, and Citizen
Participation at the Municipal Level in Bolivia;
RECALLING ALSO its resolutions related to these issues,
namely AG/RES. 1668 (XXIX-O/99) and AG/RES. 1760 (XXX-O/00);
REAFFIRMING:
The role of the OAS in the promotion and consolidation of
democracy in the Hemisphere and as the forum for inter-American
dialogue among ministers and high-level authorities; and
That the challenges posed by the processes of
decentralization and strengthening local governance can be
effectively addressed in the OAS context;
RECOGNIZING that the Meeting of Ministers and High-level
Authorities would be an ideal opportunity to exchange experience
and information, and to initiate the development of a common
framework of public policies to strengthen the decentralization
process, the consolidation of local government, and citizen
participation at the municipal and community levels; and
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the Plan of Action of the Third
Summit of the Americas supports "the OAS Program of
Cooperation and Decentralization in Local Government, including,
with the support of the IDB, the development of programs and the
effective inclusion of citizens in decision-making
processes,"
RESOLVES:
1. To note with satisfaction and to endorse the convening, by
the Permanent Council, of the Meeting of Ministers and
High-level Authorities Responsible for Policies on
Decentralization, Local Government, and Citizen Participation at
the Municipal Level in the Hemisphere, in La Paz, Bolivia, from
July 29 to 31, 2001.
2. To note with satisfaction also the progress made in
preparing for this Meeting of Ministers and High-level
Authorities.
3. To instruct the Permanent Council to receive and analyze
the report of the Meeting of Ministers and High-level
Authorities with a view to ensuring implementation of its
recommendations, in keeping with resources available in the
program-budget of the Organization and other resources.
4. To instruct the General Secretariat to implement, with the
cooperation of the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, any
decisions and recommendations arising from the Meeting of
Ministers and High-level Authorities, to support it in doing so,
and to urge other multilateral cooperation organizations to lend
their support for this purpose.
5. To thank the Government of Bolivia for supporting this
Meeting of Ministers and High-level Authorities by offering to
host the meeting.
6. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General
Assembly at its thirty-second regular session on the
implementation of this resolution.
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