CP/RES. 1008 (1890/12)

PLACE AND DATE OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

(Adopted at its session held on December 19, 2012)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that, resolution AG/RES 2735 (XLII-O/12) “Advancing Hemispheric Security: A Multidimensional Approach”, requests the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime (GTDOT) to examine at its next meeting its structure, functions and reporting responsibilities and report its recommendation to the Committee on Hemispheric Security;

RECALLING that in the Declaration on Security in the Americas, adopted at the Special Conference on Security, held in Mexico City in October 2003, the member states condemned transnational organized crime, since it constitutes an assault on institutions in our countries and negatively affects our societies, and renewed the commitment to fighting it by strengthening the domestic legal framework, the rule of law, and multilateral cooperation, respectful of the sovereignty of each state;

REAFFIRMING the commitments emanating from the First, Second and Third Meetings of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA), as well as the conclusions and recommendations from the Meetings of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA); and

NOTING WITH SATISFACTION that the First, Second and Third Meetings of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime were held in Mexico City on July 26 and 27, 2007; on October 7, 2009 at the headquarters Organization of American States (OAS), and November 16, 2011 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago respectively,

RESOLVES:

1. To convene the Fourth Meeting of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime, to be held at OAS headquarters, on March 11, 2013.

2. To instruct the General Secretariat to provide the necessary technical and administrative support for preparations for the meeting.