CP/RES. 1014 (1915/13)

HOLDING OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS (MISPA)

(Adopted at its session held on April 17, 2013)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

BEARING IN MIND that, according to Article 2 of the Charter of the Organization of American States, one of the essential purposes of the Organization is to strengthen peace and security in the Hemisphere;

RECALLING that the Declaration on Security in the Americas, adopted on October 28, 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico, states that "Our new concept of security in the Hemisphere is multidimensional in scope, includes traditional and new threats, concerns, and other challenges to the security of the states of the Hemisphere, incorporates the priorities of each state, contributes to the consolidation of peace, integral development, and social justice, and is based on democratic values, respect for and promotion and defense of human rights, solidarity, cooperation, and respect for national sovereignty;"

BEARING IN MIND the “Commitment to Public Security in the Americas,” adopted at the First Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas, held in Mexico in October 2008, and the Consensus of Santo Domingo on Public Security, adopted at the Second Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas, held in the Dominican Republic in November 2009; and the Document of Port-of-Spain: Institutionalization of the MISPA Process and the Port of Spain Recommendations for Police Management, adopted at the Third Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas, held in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2011;

WELCOMING WITH SATISFACTION the offer by the Government of Colombia to host the Fourth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas; and

HAVING SEEN resolution AG/RES. 2735 (XLII-O/12) "Advancing Hemispheric Security: A Multidimensional Approach,"

RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Government of the Republic of Colombia and accept its offer for the Fourth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas to be held in that country.

2. To convene the Fourth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas for November 21 and 22, 2013, in Medellin, Colombia.

3. To instruct the Committee on Hemispheric Security to convene such preparatory meetings as it may deem necessary, in accordance with the provisions of the Document of Port of Spain: Institutionalization of the MISPA Process.

4. To request the member states to provide the Committee on Hemispheric Security with all the information it deems relevant to contribute to the process of the Meetings of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas.

5. To instruct the General Secretariat to provide the technical and administrative secretariat services needed to prepare for and hold said meeting, subject to the availability of financial resources in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources for 2013..