CP/RES. 946 (1682/09)

CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE 2010 PROGRAM-BUDGET

(Adopted at its meeting held on March 4, 2009)


THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
 

CONSIDERING:

That Article 90 of the General Standards requires that the Secretary General present his proposed program-budget to the Preparatory Committee at least ninety days prior to the opening date of the General Assembly session in which it is to be considered;

That normally the program-budget is considered by the General Assembly in annual regular sessions held in the final months of the first semester of the calendar year;

That the member states have repeatedly recognized the need for a program-budget more closely aligned with the mandates of the Organization;

That in order to ensure that the 2010 program-budget is closely aligned with the mandates emanating from the April 2009 Summit of the Americas and the June 2009 thirty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly, it is necessary to postpone the preparation, consideration, and approval of the 2010 program-budget until after the 2009 Summit and regular session of the General Assembly; and

That the postponement of the process for preparing, considering, and approving a 2010 program-budget that incorporates the mandates of the 2009 Summit of the Americas and regular session of the General Assembly will require the convocation of a special session of the General Assembly to approve the 2010 program-budget early in the final trimester of 2009,

RESOLVES:

1. To convoke a special session of the General Assembly to consider and approve the 2010 program-budget on September 30, 2009.

2. To request the Secretary General, in accordance with the guidelines established in resolutions AG/RES. 2437 (XXXVIII-O/08) and AG/RES. 1 (XXXVI-E/08), to present his proposed program-budget to the Preparatory Committee for that special session no later than ninety days prior to its opening date, in accordance with Article 90 of the General Standards.

3. To notify the Preparatory Committee for the thirty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly of this resolution.

 

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