CP/RES. 907 (1550/06)

ADDRESSING EXTREME POVERTY, INEQUALITY, AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
AS A MEANS OF STRENGTHENING HEMISPHERIC SECURITY

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

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

RECALLING that, in operative paragraph 2 of resolution AG/RES. 2115 (XXXV-O/05), the General Assembly instructed the Permanent Council to hold, in the context of the work of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, and in coordination with the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI), a seminar, with the participation of government experts, international organizations, and representatives of civil society, for the purpose of considering, from a strategic point of view, how extreme poverty erodes social cohesion and undermines the security of states;

RECALLING ALSO that the Declaration of Santiago, approved at the Second Summit of the Americas (1998, Chile) contains a series of measures designed to eradicate poverty and discrimination; and

HAVING SEEN the Report of the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security and the Committee’s recommendation that this seminar be held in the spring of 2007,

RESOLVES:

1. To convene a seminar of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, for the purposes established in General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 2115 (XXXV-O/05), to be held on March 12, 2007, at the headquarters of the Organization of American States, in Washington, D.C.

2. To request the Committee on Hemispheric Security, in coordination with the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI), to make preparations for the meeting, including the establishment of its agenda and schedule, as well as any other documents deemed necessary.

3. That this resolution be implemented within the resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources.

4. To request the Committee on Hemispheric Security to report to the Permanent Council by April 15, 2007 on the implementation of this resolution.