CP/RES. 820 (1328/02)

VENUE OF THE THIRTY-THIRD AND THE THIRTY-FOURTH
REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY       

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

BEARING IN MIND that the General Assembly, through its resolutions AG/RES. 1687 (XXIX-O/99) and AG/RES. 1688 (XXIX-O/99), thanked the Governments of Ecuador and Chile for their offers to host the thirty-third and thirty-fourth regular sessions of the General Assembly, respectively, and accepted those offers;

HAVING SEEN the note presented by the Permanent Mission of Chile (CP/doc.3624/02 rev. 1), in which it reported that the Government of Chile had asked the Government of Ecuador to exchange venues for the next regular session of the OAS General Assembly since, in 2004, Chile would be hosting two important international meetings, and that the Government of Ecuador had responded favorably to that request, as confirmed by its delegate at the Permanent Council meeting of July 11, 2002;

HAVING SEEN, further, the note (CP/doc.3624/02 rev. 1) from the Permanent Mission of Ecuador, in which it provided background information on the exchange that had been agreed upon and, on behalf of its Government, reiterated its formal offer to host the thirty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly, in June 2004; and

CONSIDERING that, under Article 57 of the Charter of the Organization of American States, if the General Assembly cannot be held at the place chosen, it is incumbent upon the Permanent Council to agree to a change of venue,

RESOLVES:

To accept the proposed exchange of venues and agree that the thirty-third and thirty-fourth regular sessions of the General Assembly will be held in Chile and in Ecuador, respectively.