CP/RES. 889 (1503/05) rev. 2

CONVOCATION OF THE MEETING OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

 (Adopted at its session held on August 25, 2005 and amended
at its meetings of November 30, 2005 and January 24, 2006)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

CONSIDERING that the General Assembly of the Organization, in its resolutions AG/RES. 2019 (XXXIV-O/04), “Fighting the Crime of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women, Adolescents, and Children”; AG/RES. 2026 (XXXIV-O/04), “Fighting Transnational Organized Crime in the Hemisphere”; and AG/RES. 2040 (XXXIV-O/04), “Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas,” decided to instruct the Permanent Council to convene a Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons;

RECOGNIZING that the member states decided that the meeting would study the topic in an integrated manner and deal with the various mandates on the matter, taking into account all the Organization’s efforts against transnational organized crime and, in particular, against trafficking in persons, especially women and children, in accordance with the aforementioned resolutions;

NOTING that resolution AG/RES. 2118 (XXXV-O/05), “Fighting the Crime of Trafficking in Persons,” renews the mandate to the Permanent Council to convene that meeting before the next regular session of the General Assembly;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the offer by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to host the Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons (GT/RTP-4/05 and CP/INF.5225/05), and its subsequent request to change the date thereof (CP/INF.5269/05); and

RECALLING that said Meeting had been convened at the Permanent Council meeting of August 25, 2005,

RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for reiterating its offer to host the Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons.

2. To hold the Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons on Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, from March 14 to 17, 2006.