CP/RES. 1013 (1914/13)

CHANGE OF DATE OF THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE OAS GROUP OF EXPERTS TO PREPARE MODEL LEGISLATION
IN THE AREAS TO WHICH THE CIFTA REFERS

(Adopted at its session held on April 10, 2013)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

RECALLING resolution AG/RES. 2735 (XLII-O/12) “Advancing Hemispheric Security: A Multidimensional Approach," which convened the Sixth Meeting of the OAS Group of Experts to Prepare Model Legislation in the Areas to Which the CIFTA Refers for February 18 and 19, 2013 at OAS headquarters, for the purpose of considering model legislation in the areas of "Maintenance, Confidentiality, and Exchange of Information" (Articles XI, XII, and XIII) and "Security Measures (Article VIII); and resolution CP/RES. 1010 (1894/13), “Change of Date of the Sixth Meeting of the OAS Group of Experts to Prepare Model Legislation in the Areas to Which the CIFTA Refers,” that had convened the meeting for March 5, 2013, at the headquarters of the OAS General Secretariat;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the postponement of that meeting and the explanations that the Technical Secretariat of the Consultative Committee of the CIFTA gave the states party;

TAKING NOTE of the recommendations conveyed by the Secretariat Pro Tempore for the Sixth Meeting of the OAS Working Group to be scheduled for April 24, 2013 at the headquarters of the OAS General Secretariat, the day before the Fourteenth Meeting of the Consultative Committee of the CIFTA that will be held on April 25, 2013, in accordance with the Methodology for the Development of Model Legislation (CIFTA/CC-VI/doc5/05 rev. 1 corr. 1); and

BEARING IN MIND the importance of continuing forward with the modernization of domestic firearms legislation within the framework of the CIFTA,

RESOLVES:

1. To again convene the Sixth Meeting of the OAS Group of Experts to Prepare Model Legislation in the Areas to Which the CIFTA Refers, for it to be held on April 24, 2013, at the headquarters of the OAS General Secretariat.

2. To request the General Secretariat to render the technical and administrative support necessary to prepare for said meeting and to make appropriate arrangements for it to be held, subject to the availability of resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources for 2013.