CP/RES. 913 (1577/07)

COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES


(Approved at the meeting of January 24, 2007)

 

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

BEARING IN MIND:

resolution AG/RES. 2167 (XXXVI-O/06), “Establishment of the Committee Provided for in the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities”;

The Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, adopted in Guatemala on June 7, 1999, during the twenty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization, which convention entered into force on September 14, 2001;

Article VI of that Convention, which provides that, to follow up on the commitments undertaken therein, a Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, composed of one representative appointed by each state party, was to be established;

That the same Article VI provides that the first meeting of the Committee shall be convened by the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States;

The note from the Permanent Mission of Panama, published in document CP/doc.4165/06, in which the Government of the Republic of Panama offered to host the first meeting of the Committee;

That, at its meeting of December 18, 2006, the Permanent Council accepted the kind offer of the Government of Panama and decided that the first meeting of the Committee would be held on February 26 and 27, 2007; and

That, on December 19, 2006, the Secretary General convened the first meeting of the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities;

That the Government of Panama has requested that the meeting dates be changed to February 28 and March 1, 2007; and

HAVING SEEN document CP/CAJP-2434/06 rev. 2, entitled “Draft Rules of Procedure of the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities”; and document CP/CAJP-2420/06 rev. 4, entitled “General Orientation regarding the Contents of the Reports of the States Parties to the Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities,” proposed by the Secretary General in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 2167 (XXXVI-O/06) and presented to this Permanent Council by its Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs,

RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Government of Panama for its kind offer to host the first meeting of the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, to be held on February 28 and March 1, 2007.

2. To transmit to that Committee document CP/CAJP-2434/06 rev.2, entitled “Draft Rules of Procedure of the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities,” and to transmit to the states parties document CP/CAJP-2420/06 rev. 4, entitled “General Orientation regarding the Contents of the Reports of the States Parties to the Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.”

3. To urge the states parties to the Convention to appoint, before January 31, 2007, their representatives, who should serve independently and in their personal capacities, be persons of high moral authority, and have sound technical knowledge and experience in the various subjects addressed by the Convention.

4. To urge states parties, as stipulated in Article VI.4 of the Convention, to present a report, taking into account the “General Orientation regarding the Contents of the Reports of the States Parties to the Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities,” document CP/CAJP-2420/06 rev. 4.

5. To request the Secretary General to continue, in accordance with Article VI.7 of the Convention, to provide the necessary support for the fulfillment of the Committee’s functions.