CP/RES. 991 (1819/11)

PLACE AND DATE OF THE MEETING OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

(Adopted at its session held on September 30, 2011)
 

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that, resolution AG/RES. 2543 (XL-O/10) “Execution of the Hemispheric Plan of Action Against Transnational Organized Crime and Strengthening of Hemispheric Cooperation”, makes reference to the Third Meeting of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime, originally scheduled for the second half of 2010 at OAS headquarters;

RECALLING that in the Declaration on Security in the Americas, adopted at the Special Conference on Security, held in Mexico City in October 2003, the member states condemned transnational organized crime, since it constitutes an assault on institutions in our countries and negatively affects our societies, and renewed the commitment to fighting it by strengthening the domestic legal framework, the rule of law, and multilateral cooperation, respectful of the sovereignty of each state;

REAFFIRMING the commitments emanating from the First and the Second Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA), as well as the conclusions and recommendations from the Meetings of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA); and

NOTING WITH SATISFACTION that the First and Second Meeting of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime were held on held in Mexico City on July 26 and 27, 2007 and October 7, 2009 at the headquarters Organization of American States (OAS), respectively,
RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for its offer to host the Third Meeting of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime.

2. To convene the Third Meeting of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime, to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on November 16, 2011.

3. To instruct the General Secretariat to provide the necessary technical and administrative support for preparations for the meeting, in coordination with Trinidad and Tobago as the host country.