CP/RES. 890 (1503/05)

SPECIFIC FUND FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN PROGRAM OF COOPERATION TO PREVENT AND REMEDY CASES OF ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN BY ONE OF THEIR PARENTS

 (Adopted at its session held on August 25, 2005)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

HAVING SEEN the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents, adopted by way of General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 2028 (XXXIV-O/04);
 

CONSIDERING:
 

Operative paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 2133 (XXXV-O/05), which instructs the Permanent Council to establish a specific fund for voluntary contributions to support the implementation of this Program;
 

The importance of the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents;
 

The financial situation facing the Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN), as indicated in its Annual Report to the General Assembly (CP/doc.3994/05), and the financial situation of the Organization of American States (OAS), as underscored in the message of the OAS Acting Secretary General in the proposed program-budget of the Organization for 2006; and
 

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT Article 74 of the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States,
 

RESOLVES:
 

1. To establish a specific fund for voluntary contributions, to be called the “Specific Fund for the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents,” to support of the implementation of that Program.
 

2. To direct that the Specific Fund shall be formed of voluntary contributions from member states, permanent observers, regional and international organizations, and civil society organizations that wish to finance the pursuit of the objectives of the Inter-American Program mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
 

3. To invite member states, permanent observers, international and regional organizations, and civil society organizations to contribute to the Specific Fund.
 

4. To instruct the Secretary General to administer the Specific Fund in accordance with the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat and other applicable rules and regulations of the Organization.