CP/RES. 997 (1832/11)

CONVOCATION OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE REMJA WORKING GROUP ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS AND EXTRADITION, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION AG/RES. 2657 (XLI-O/11) AND THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OTHER MINISTERS OR ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS (REMJA-VIII)

(Adopted at its session held on December 9, 2011)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

CONSIDERING the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VIII/doc.4/10 rev. 1) and resolution AG/RES. 2657 (XLI-O/11), by which the General Assembly requested the Permanent Council to convene the Fifth Meeting of the REMJA Working Group on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition; and

BEARING IN MIND that provision 17 of the Document of Washington stipulates that meetings of working groups shall be formally convened by resolution of the Permanent Council of the OAS,

RESOLVES:

1. To convene the Fifth Meeting of the REMJA Working Group on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition, which will be held in Asuncion, Paraguay, from May 29 to 31, 2012, in keeping with the mandates set forth in the conclusions and recommendations of the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VIII).

2. To request the General Secretariat to render the technical and administrative support necessary to prepare for said meeting in coordination with Paraguay as the host country thereof, and to make appropriate arrangements for it to be held, subject to the availability of resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources for 2012.