CP/RES. 787 (1267/01)

TRANSITORY SUSPENSION OF THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLES 95 AND 96 OF THE GENERAL STANDARDS TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT, WITH RESPECT TO FEMCIDI

         THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

        HAVING SEEN the Note of the Chair of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI) dated February 9, 2001, and resolution CEPCIDI/RES. 67 (LXVI-O/01), entitled "Suspension of Specific Legal Provisions regarding Partnership for Development for the Purposes of Implementing the Business Plan of the IACD with respect to FEMCIDI, and Adoption of the Corresponding Interim Provisions," adopted on February 2, 2001; and

        CONSIDERING that, pursuant to Article 91.b of the Charter of the Organization, it is incumbent upon the Permanent Council, when the General Assembly is not in session, to adopt provisions of a regulatory nature that enable the General Secretariat to carry out its administrative functions,

RESOLVES:

        1.     To transitorily suspend the application of Articles 95 and 96 of the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat with respect to FEMCIDI, for the duration of the suspension of Article 23 of the FEMCIDI Statutes, established by resolution CEPCIDI/RES. 67.

        The texts for which application is to be suspended are the following:

Article 95. Appropriations and obligations.

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In the case of FEMCIDI, in accordance with its Statutes, resources from voluntary contributions made by the member states shall be appropriated and obligated prior to December 31 of the year in which the contributions are received, and the obligations shall be liquidated prior to December 31 of the following year.

Article 96. Special appropriations, unforeseen situations, and judgments of the Administrative Tribunal

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Should it be necessary to make a special budgetary appropriation against FEMCIDI to deal with situations or activities unforeseen in the programming of partnership for development activities, the Secretary General, through the Executive Secretary for Integral Development, shall request authorization to do so from CEPCIDI, which shall determine the source of the necessary resources. These special obligations must be planned so as to be expended no later than December 31 of the year in which the obligation is authorized, on which date the special appropriation shall expire irrevocably.

        2.     That, in replacement of the aforementioned texts and for the duration of their suspension, the text of Article 23 bis, approved by CEPCIDI ad referéndum of the VI Regular Meeting of CIDI, or that which the Sixth Regular Meeting of CIDI decides upon for transitory application, shall be applied.

        The text of Article 23 bis, approved by CEPCIDI through resolution CEPCIDI/RES. 67, reads as follows:

Article 23 bis

1. Appropriations and obligations. Appropriations for partnership for development activities shall be made available to meet the obligations contracted within the time frame established in Article 17, paragraph k) of these Statutes, and shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph l) of said Article 17. However, and only to the extent necessary to liquidate obligations pending at the end of the year for which they were approved, the appropriations mentioned may be extended, but not beyond December 31 of the following year, on which date they shall expire irrevocably. Once this deadline has passed, funding for the continuation of activities as approved by the Management Board in accordance with the provisions of Article 23, shall be the object of new appropriations and subject to the availability of funds in the corresponding account.

Any funds unexpended at the close of the execution period shall lapse into the account from which they came and shall be made available for reprogramming.

2. Special appropriations. Should it be necessary to make a special budgetary appropriation against FEMCIDI for activities unforeseen in the approved programming of partnership for development activities, the Management Board shall decide the approval of said appropriation on the recommendation of the Executive Secretary for Integral Development/Director General. Such recommendation shall be accompanied by a statement identifying the source of the resources available for programming.

        3.     To present the corresponding amendments to Articles 95 and 96 of the General Standards for adoption by the General Assembly, once CIDI or CEPCIDI reports to the Permanent Council on the definitive text governing appropriations and obligations chargeable to FEMCIDI.

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