CP/RES. 906 (1550/06)

CONVOCATION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CIFTA-CICAD GROUP OF EXPERTS
TO PREPARE MODEL LEGISLATION ON THE AREAS COVERED BY THE CIFTA

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

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

RECALLING its decision to form the CIFTA-CICAD Group of Experts to prepare model legislation on the areas covered by the CIFTA and to adopt the Methodology to prepare model legislation on the areas covered by the CIFTA, as set forth in resolution CP/RES. 884 (1484/05);

BEARING IN MIND that the General Assembly, in its resolution AG/RES. 2094 (XXXV-O/05), endorsed the aforementioned resolution CP/RES. 884 (1484/05) of the Permanent Council, entitled “Adoption of the methodology and formation and convocation of the CIFTA-CICAD Group of Experts to prepare model legislation on the areas covered by the CIFTA”; and

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the report of the Secretary Pro Tempore of the Consultative Committee of the CIFTA on the First Meeting, held in Washington, D.C. on February 6 and 7, 2006, of the CIFTA-CICAD Group of Experts to prepare model legislation on the areas covered by the CIFTA in the terms established by the adopted Methodology,

RESOLVES:

1. To make note of the Report of the Secretary Pro Tempore of the Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and other Related Materials (CIFTA) on the First Meeting of the CIFTA-CICAD Group of Experts to prepare model legislation on the areas covered by the CIFTA.

2. To convene the Second Meeting of the CIFTA-CICAD Group of Experts for October 11, 12, and 13, 2006, in order to finalize, on the first day, the draft model legislation on the marking and tracing of firearms and to begin preparing draft model legislation on strengthening controls at export points, in keeping with the provisions of the Permanent Council resolution CP/RES. 884 (1484/05).

3. To request the Secretariat Pro Tempore and the General Secretariat to circulate, in advance, a draft model legislation on strengthening controls at export points, and to also request OAS Member States to submit their comments on this draft model legislation.

4. To request that the General Secretariat provide the administrative and technical secretariat support required for these purposes.