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Convocation (2003-2004)
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States,
through resolutions [AG/RES
1923 (XXXIII-0/03] and [AG/RES
2033 (XXXIV-0/04], convened the Seventh Inter-American
Specialized Conference on Private International Law
(CIDIP-VII) and instructed the Permanent Council to conduct
consultations with the Member States concerning possible
agenda topics.
To comply with this mandate, the Permanent Council’s
Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs requested that
Member States present proposals for the agenda. The
delegations of Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru,
Uruguay and United States presented the following topics:
Electronic Commerce, Consumer Protection, Migratory Flows of
Persons, Extra-Contractual Civil Liability, Transportation,
Cross-Border Insolvency, International Jurisdiction,
Protection of Minors, and Degrees and Professions.
Although Member States proposed a total of eight formal
topics (including various possible instrument variations and
sub-topics), they agreed that CIDIP-VII should focus on a
maximum of two. As a result, the Committee met with the
Member States in both formal and informal sessions to reduce
the number of topics, setting a final two-topic agenda
consisting of Consumer Protection and Electronic Registries.
Based on these recommendations the General Assembly, through
resolution
[AG/RES 2065
(XXXV-0/05], formally approved the
agenda for CIDIP-VII, as follows: (topic one) Consumer
Protection, Including Applicable Law, Jurisdiction, and
Monetary Redress (Conventions and Model Laws); and (topic
two) Secured Transactions, Electronic Registry
Implementation of the Model Inter-American Law on Secured
Transactions. Having set the subject matter of the
Conference, Resolution AG/RES 2065 then instructed the
Permanent Council to establish a methodology for the
preparatory work necessary to draft the Inter-American
instruments to be considered by CIDIP-VII.
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