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AG/RES. 1727 (XXX-O/00)
5 June 2000
Original: Spanish 

RESOLUTION

Transfer of responsibilities associated with AG/RES. 1628 (XXIX-O/99) and AG/RES. 1653 (XXIX-o/99) to the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD)

(Resolution adopted at the first plenary session, held on June 5, 2000)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN:

Resolution AG/RES. 3 (XXVI-E/99), "Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development";

Resolution AG/RES. 1628 (XXIX-O/99), "Fellowship and Training Programs";

Resolution AG/RES. 1653 (XXIX-O/99), "Plan of Action of the General Secretariat to Extend the Special Fellowships for the Caribbean Program to Other States";

Resolution CIDI/RES. 91 (V-O/00), "Transfer of Responsibilities Associated with AG/RES. 1628 (XXIX-O/99) and AG/RES. 1653 (XXIX-O/99) to the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD)";

CONSIDERING:

That resolution AG/RES. 1628 (XXIX-O/99) requests the Permanent Council to: (i) review and approve the Statutes of the Capital Fund for OAS Fellowship and Training Programs by October 1, 1999; (ii) consider the advisability of holding and, if deemed appropriate, of convening, in the second half of the year 2000, a special meeting of authorities of the member states responsible for training and fellowships; and (iii) present a report on compliance with that resolution to the General Assembly at its thirtieth regular session;

That resolution AG/RES. 1653 (XXIX-O/99) instructs the General Secretariat to: (i) present to the Permanent Council by October 31, 1999, at the latest, a detailed plan of action for identifying external funds to enable the Special Fellowships for the Caribbean Program to be extended to other member states, in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96); (ii) present to the Permanent Council progress reports on the plan of action, beginning in April 2000, including details on external resources obtained and the activities undertaken to implement resolution AG/RES. 1387 (XXVI-O/96); and (iii) present a report on the implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at its thirtieth regular session;

BEARING IN MIND:

That the IACD Statutes establish that the IACD, through the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), shall administer the Fellowship, Scholarship and Training Program, within the framework of standards governing the program and in accordance with policies and priorities adopted by the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI) and other applicable regulations, and shall report thereon to CEPCIDI; and

That some mandates of resolutions AG/RES. 1628 (XXIX-O/99) and AG/RES. 1653 (XXIX-O/99) have specific deadlines for compliance which are no longer appropriate,

RESOLVES:

    1. To transfer to the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD) responsibility for implementation of the following mandates:
    2. (i) To make recommendations on the Statutes of the Capital Fund for OAS Fellowship and Training Programs and other instruments for mobilizing resources for fellowship and training programs and to submit them to the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI) for approval by no later than October 1, 2000;

      (ii) To develop by October 1, 2000, a plan of action for identifying external funds to enable the Special Fellowships for the Caribbean Program to be extended to other member states; and

      (iii) To fulfill, by no later than November 2000, the mandate given in operative paragraph 5 of resolution AG/RES. 1628 (XXIX-O/99) regarding fundraising activities.

    3. To instruct CEPCIDI to consider the advisability of holding and, if deemed appropriate, of convening in the year 2001, a special meeting of authorities of the member states responsible for training and fellowships, with a view to proposing a plan of action for the more effective use of the resources of the OAS Fellowship and Training Programs and increasing their impact on human resource development in the region in the 21st century, taking into account the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development and the inter-American programs.
    4. To request the IACD and CEPCIDI to present a report on the implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at its next session.
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