CP/RES. 904 (1550/06)

CONVOCATION OF THE MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON TRANSPARENCY IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS

 (Adopted at its session held on May 17, 2006)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

RECALLING the General Assembly request that the Permanent Council, through the Committee on Hemispheric Security, convene a meeting of the states parties to the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions, to which member states not party to the Convention will also be invited, to review implementation of that Convention, consider activities aimed at promoting its signature and ratification, and contribute to the preparation of the First Conference of the States Parties, which will take place in 2009 pursuant to Article VIII of the Convention, as set out in operative paragraph 5 of resolution AG/RES. 2110 (XXXV-O/05);

HAVING SEEN the Report of the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security and the Committee's recommendation that the said meeting of states parties be held in the fall of 2006;

BEARING IN MIND:

That the said Convention, in Article VIII, calls for the convening of a conference of States Parties by the depositary, seven years from the date of entry into force of the Convention;

That the said Convention entered into force on November 21, 2002; and

That to date 11 Member States have ratified the said Convention and 20 have signed it; and

DEEMING it timely and convenient to begin preparations for the first Conference of States Parties which will take place in 2009,

RESOLVES:

1. To convene a one-day Meeting of States Parties to the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions, for the purposes set out by the General Assembly in its resolution AG/RES. 2110 (XXXV-O/05), with the participation of all signatory states of the Convention, to be held on November 30, 2006, at the Headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. 2. To request the Committee on Hemispheric Security to make the preparations for the holding of the said Meeting of States Parties, including defining the agenda and calendar, and drafting recommendations for the First Conference of States Parties of the said Convention, as well as any other documents it deems necessary.

3. To request the Secretary General to bear in mind the recommendations of the said Meeting of States Parties Committee and to work closely with the States Parties and the Committee on Hemispheric Security when preparing the said First Conference of States Parties to the Convention.

4. That this resolution shall be implemented within the resources allocated in Program-Budget of the Organization and other resources.

5. To request the Committee on Hemispheric Security and the General Secretariat to report to the Permanent Council on compliance with this resolution by December 15, 2006.