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OAS Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Approves Resolution on Costa Rica-Nicaragua Situation

  December 7, 2010

The Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of American States (OAS) today approved with 24 votes in favor, two votes against and five abstentions the following resolution on the situation between Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Pending revision by the Style Committee):

RESOLUTION ON THE SITUATION BETWEEN COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA

THE MEETING OF CONSULTATION,

REAFFIRMING the purposes and principles of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), especially those relating to strengthening the peace and security of the continent and to ensuring the pacific settlement of disputes that may arise between member states;

HAVING HEARD the report presented to this Meeting of Consultation by the Secretary General of the OAS;

TAKING NOTE of the “Report by the Secretary General of the OAS on His Visit to Costa Rica and Nicaragua” (CP/doc.4521/10), presented to the Permanent Council on November 9, 2010, and the “Report by the Secretary General on Resolution CP/RES.978 (1777/10)” (CP/doc 4526/10), presented to the Permanent Council on November 18, 2010; and

TAKING NOTE ALSO of resolution CP/RES.978 (1777/10), adopted by the Permanent Council on November 12, 2010,

RESOLVES:

As a confidence-building measure, to call upon the parties to implement, simultaneously and without delay, the recommendations adopted through resolution CP/RES. 978 (1777/10), “Situation in the Border Area between Costa Rica and Nicaragua,” of November 12, 2010.

A photo gallery of the event is available here.

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: E-472/10