CP/RES. 876 (1468/05)

CONVOCATION OF THE THIRTIETH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO ELECT THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

(Adopted at its session held on March 16, 2005)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

RECOGNIZING the excellent work done by the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization, Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi, in his capacity as Acting Secretary General since October 2004;

MINDFUL of the need to provide the Organization, as soon as possible, with a Secretary General elected in accordance with Article 108 of the OAS Charter, thus enabling the Organization to pursue its agenda in the short, medium, and long terms;

RECALLING Permanent Council resolution CP/RES. 874 (1459/04), “Promotion of Transparency in the Selection of the Secretary General and the Assistant Secretary General”; and

ACTING under Article 58 of the OAS Charter, which empowers the Permanent Council to convoke a special session of the General Assembly of the Organization,

RESOLVES:

To convoke the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly to elect the Secretary General of the Organization, on April 7, 2005, at the Organization’s headquarters.