Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on Existing Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention and Response and Humanitarian Assistance

Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on Existing Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention and Response and Humanitarian Assistance

In June 2009, the OAS General Assembly in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, adopted resolution AG/RES. 2492 (XXXIX-O/09), which instructs “the Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development to convene a meeting to begin the process of joint assessment of existing legislative and coordination mechanisms in the natural disaster and humanitarian assistance areas, which takes into account coordination efforts that can be made by the Organization and considers the advisability of updating said mechanisms, presenting a proposal for action by the third quarter of 2010” and “to request that both councils, in implementing this mandate, consider forming a joint working group composed of member state representatives, who may be assisted by experts from the countries, the General Secretariat, and relevant inter-American, international, regional, and subregional bodies and institutions.”

In pursuit of those mandates concerning “Existing Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention and Response and Humanitarian Assistance among the Member States,” on September 25, 2009, a joint meeting was held by the Permanent Council and the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI), which approved the establishment of a Joint Working Group.

Authorities:

Chair:            Ana Pastorino, Alternate Representative of Argentina (2010-2012)
Vice-Chairs:   Flavio J. Medina, Alternate Representative of the Dominican Republic
                     Pierre Daniel Laviolette, Alternate Representative of Haiti

Documents

Orders of Business
(GTC/DAH/OD.)

Documents
(GTC/DAH.)

Informative
(GTC/DAH/INF.)