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OEA/Ser.G
CP/RES. 934 (1644/08)
14 April 2008
Original: Spanish
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CP/RES. 934 (1644/08)
CONVOCATION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF MINISTERS ON PUBLIC SECURITY
OF THE AMERICAS
(Approved at the meeting of April 14, 2008)
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
BEARING IN MIND that, according to Article 2 of the Charter of the
Organization of American States, one of the essential purposes of the
Organization is to strengthen peace and security in the Hemisphere;
RECALLING that the Declaration on Security in the Americas, adopted in
Mexico City, Mexico, on October 28, 2003, establishes that “[o]ur new
concept of security in the Hemisphere is multidimensional in scope,
includes traditional and new threats, concerns, and other challenges to
the security of the states of the Hemisphere, incorporates the
priorities of each state, contributes to the consolidation of peace,
integral development, and social justice, and is based on democratic
values, respect for and promotion and defense of human rights,
solidarity, cooperation, and respect for national sovereignty”;
REAFFIRMING the commitment to revitalize and strengthen the organs,
institutions, and mechanisms of the inter-American system related to the
various aspects of hemispheric security, to achieve greater coordination
and cooperation among them, within their areas of competence, in order
to improve the ability of the states of the Americas to meet the
traditional threats, as well as the new threats, concerns, and other
challenges to hemispheric security;
RECALLING ALSO:
That at the meeting of the OAS Committee on Hemispheric Security held on
September 17, 2007, the Secretary General of the Organization, José
Miguel Insulza, expressed his concern that violence and insecurity could
become the principal threat to the stability, consolidation of
democracy, and development prospects for our region, and that the
complex and disturbing state of public security in the Hemisphere made
it essential to hold a periodic Meeting of Ministers of Public Security,
or of equivalent ministries, of the Americas (CP/CSH/INF.132/07); and
That on that occasion, the Secretary General noted that said Meeting on
Public Security of the Americas could be the main channel for horizontal
transfers of successful experiences; for promoting improvements in the
quality of information on security matters, by establishing a shared set
of indicators; for developing communication strategies that provide real
insight into the current state of affairs; and for promoting efforts to
update legislation, to update organizational structures, and to achieve
the participation in all these efforts of civil society and private
enterprise;
WELCOMING the important work of the Inter-American Convention against
the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition,
Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA), the Inter-American Drug
Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), the Hemispheric Plan against
Transnational Organized Crime, the Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of
Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA), the
Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), and the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) in the area of multidimensional security; and
BEARING IN MIND the offer of the Government of Mexico to host the First
Meeting of Ministers on Public Security of the Americas,
RESOLVES:
1. To convene the First Meeting of Ministers on Public Security of the
Americas, for October 7 and 8, 2008, with crime and violence as its main
theme.
2. To accept with gratitude the offer of the Government of Mexico to
host the First Meeting of Ministers on Public Security of the Americas.
3. To establish a working group within the Committee on Hemispheric
Security to draw up the draft agenda, the draft schedule, and drafts of
the final documents of the Meeting.
4. To instruct the Committee on Hemispheric Security to organize any
necessary preparatory meetings.
5. To request the member states to provide the Committee on Hemispheric
Security with all the information they consider relevant, including on
bilateral and subregional aspects, so as to contribute to the
preparatory process of the First Meeting of Ministers on Public Security
of the Americas.
6. To direct that the First Meeting of Ministers on Public Security of
the Americas, including the preparatory meetings for the Meeting, be
held within the resources allocated in the program-budget of the
Organization and other resources; and to request the General Secretariat
to provide the necessary administrative and technical secretariat
support for these purposes.
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