CP/RES. 886 (1501/05)

CONVOCATION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH-LEVEL AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICIES ON DECENTRALIZATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL IN THE HEMISPHERE

 (Adopted at its session held on August 10, 2005)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the offer by the Government of Brazil to host the Third Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government, and Citizen Participation at the Municipal Level in the Hemisphere, and the notes from the Permanent Mission of Brazil proposing as the central theme for the meeting “Local government, citizen participation, and regional development: Fighting poverty, generating jobs and income, and democratic governance” (CP/INF.5192/05 and CP/INF.5200/05);

CONSIDERING that the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 1993 (XXXIV-O/04), “Mexico City Plan of Action on Decentralization and Strengthening of Municipal and Regional Administrations and Citizen Participation,” decided to promote the implementation of the Plan of Action, considering each country’s national context and phase of decentralization, by way of the strategic guidelines established in said resolution; and

HAVING SEEN resolution AG/RES. 2093 (XXXV-O/05), in which the Permanent Council is instructed to convene the aforementioned meeting,

RESOLVES:

1. Once again to thank the Government of Brazil for its offer to host the Third Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government, and Citizen Participation at the Municipal Level in the Hemisphere.

2. To convene the Third Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government, and Citizen Participation at the Municipal Level in the Hemisphere, for October 26 to 28, 2005, in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.