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OEA/Ser.G
CP/RES. 929 (1629/08)
13 February 2008
Original: Spanish

 

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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