CP/RES. 1041 (2003/15)

POSTPONEMENT OF THE SECOND CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON TRANSPARENCY
IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS (CITAAC)

(Adopted by the Permanent Council at the meeting held on January 28, 2015)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT resolution AG/RES. 2866 (XLIV-O/14) “Advancing Hemispheric Security: A Multidimensional Approach,” adopted on June 5, 2014, operative paragraph 93 of which convenes the Second Conference of States Parties to the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions (CITAAC) for January 29, 2015 at the headquarters of the OAS General Secretariat;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALSO that the aforementioned operative paragraph 93 calls for said Conference to be held "in accordance with Article VIII of the CITAAC and AG/RES. 2809 (XLIII-O/13)," and further requests "that the General Secretariat budget for the above conference and its two one-day preparatory meetings and that it support preparations for and follow-up on said conference;"

MINDFUL of the need to ensure that there is sufficient time for the states parties to the CITAAC as well as the General Secretariat to properly prepare to make this Conference an event that lives up to the expectations of the stakeholders; and

Recalling the need for States Parties to honor their commitment to submitting their annual reports and notifications in keeping with their obligations under Articles III and IV of the CITAAC, and the importance of identifying national points of contact to assist in the preparation of those annual reports and notifications,

RESOLVES:

To postpone the Second Conference of States Party to the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions (CITAAC) until the second half of 2015.