CP/RES. 802 (1299/01)

DETERMINATION OF THE DATES OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OF MINISTERS OR ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS

            THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

             HAVING SEEN the new proposal put forth by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, through its interim representative to the OAS, suggesting that the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas be held from March 10 to 13, 2002;

            RECALLING what was agreed by the heads of state and government of the countries of the Americas, in the Plan of Action adopted at the Third Summit of the Americas, held in Quebec City, Canada, in April 2001, under the heading "Hemispheric Meetings of Ministers of Justice," in which they decided to "continue to support the work done in the context of the Meetings of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas, whose Fourth Meeting will take place in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as subsequent meetings, and the implementation of their conclusions and recommendations";

CONSIDERING:

            That the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 1615 (XXIX-O/99), thanked the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for its generous offer to host the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas in that country and accepted that offer;

            That, in resolution AG/RES. 1781 (XXXI-O/01), the General Assembly convened "the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago in 2001," and instructed "the Permanent Council to prepare, with the assistance of the General Secretariat, the agenda and the preliminary documents for the meeting and to set a date for it"; and

BEARING IN MIND:

            That, in view of unforeseen situations resulting from the terrorist acts in the United States of America on September 11, the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council decided, on an exceptional basis, at its meeting of October 18, 2001, to postpone until 2002 the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas;

            That, under Article 95 of the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat, the authorization to obligate funds programmed for that meeting under subprogram 10W of the 2001 program-budget will expire on December 31, 2001, if those funds are not obligated beforehand; and

            That, because of the exceptional and unforeseen circumstances that resulted in the cancellation of this meeting in 2001, the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas deserves the highest priority in the allocation of resources under subprogram 10W of the 2002 program-budget,

RESOLVES:

            1.     To postpone the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas until 2002.

            2.     To schedule the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas for March 10 to 13, 2002, in Trinidad and Tobago.

            3.     To allocate resources to this meeting from subprogram 10W of the 2002 program-budget, in the same amount as allocated for 2001.

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