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OEA/Ser.G
CP/RES. 929 (1629/08)
13 February 2008
Original: Spanish
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CP/RES. 929 (1629/08)
CONVOCATION OF THE TECHNICAL MEETING TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE DRAFT
DOCUMENT ON THE PROCESS OF THE MEETINGS OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OF
MINISTERS OR ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS (REMJA),
PURSUANT TO resolution AG/RES. 2266 (XXXVII-O/07)
AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF REMJA-VI
(Adopted at the meeting held on February 13, 2008)
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
BEARING IN MIND that, in the Conclusions and Recommendations of the
Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys
General of the Americas (REMJA-VI/doc.21/06 rev. 1), a decision was made
to convene a technical meeting “which will prepare a comprehensive draft
document on the REMJA process and submit it to REMJA-VII for
consideration”;
BEARING IN MIND ALSO that, in those same Conclusions and
Recommendations, a decision was made to accept the delegation of
Canada’s offer to convene a special meeting of the OAS/REMJA Working
Group on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition to
consider how to order the work of REMJA related to the strengthening of
mutual legal assistance and extradition in the Americas, recognizing as
a source for the discussion the recommendations of the Second Meeting of
Central Authorities and Other Experts on Mutual Assistance in Criminal
Matters and Extradtion, and to report thereon to the technical meeting
(“Report Mandated by REMJA VI to Strengthen Mutual Assistance in
Criminal Matters and Extradition in the Americas” PENAL/GT/doc.2/07 rev.
2); and
CONSIDERING that, in resolution AG/RES. 2266 (XXXVII-O/07), “Meeting of
Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the
Americas: Support for the REMJA Process,” the OAS General Assembly
instructed the Permanent Council, to convene, pursuant to the
Conclusions and Recommendations of REMJA-VI and resolution AG/RES. 2228
(XXXVI-O/06) and prior to REMJA-VII, the “Technical Meeting to prepare a
comprehensive draft document on the REMJA process to be submitted for
consideration by REMJA-VII, pursuant to Chapter X.2 of the Conclusions
and Recommendations of REMJA-VI,”
RESOLVES:
1. To convene the Technical Meeting to prepare a comprehensive draft
document on the process of the Meetings of Ministers of Justice or of
Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA), to be held at
the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) on March
14, 2008.
2. To request the General Secretariat to provide the necessary technical
and administrative support for the preparatory work for this meeting and
to arrange for it to be held within the resources allocated in the
program-budget of the Organization and other resources for 2008.
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