AG/RES. 1534 (XXVIII-O/98)

SUPPORT FOR AND FOLLOW-UP TO THE SUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS INITIATIVES

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the reports of the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management to the foreign ministers, presented in compliance with resolution AG/RES. 1448 (XXVII-O/97) (AG/doc.3718/98), as well as the chart of initiatives of the Santiago Plan of Action of the Second Summit of the Americas (CP/doc.3059/98 rev. 2);

RECALLING the Summit of the Americas in Miami; the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; and the Second Summit of the Americas, held in Santiago, Chile;

CONSIDERING:

That, in resolution AG/RES. 1349 (XXV-O/95), the General Assembly set up a Special Committee of the Permanent Council on Inter-American Summits Management, open to participation by all member states, to ensure effective, timely, and appropriate follow-up of the activities assigned to the Organization by the Summit of the Americas and to coordinate, if it is so decided, the preparation, participation, and follow-up by the OAS at future summits involving all member states and at which the OAS might be called upon to participate in their execution and follow-up;

That, in resolutions AG/RES. 1377 (XXVI-O/96) and AG/RES. 1448 (XXVII-O/97), the General Assembly reaffirmed the mandate of the Special Committee and instructed it to submit a written report each year to the foreign ministers at the regular session of the General Assembly on the progress made in implementing that resolution;

That the Second Summit of the Americas was held in Santiago, Chile, on April 18 and 19, 1998, and that the Heads of State and Government of the Hemisphere signed the Declaration of Santiago and the Plan of Action;

That the Santiago Plan of Action establishes that "the Governments will bear primary responsibility for implementation of the mandates of the Summit," and that "in accordance with Summit decisions, international organizations will have responsibilities in implementing this process and, as appropriate, according to Summit mandates, support will be provided by private sector organizations and civil society";

That, also in the Santiago Plan of Action, the Heads of State and Government entrusted the OAS with various mandates; and That, likewise in the Santiago Plan of Action, the Heads of State and Government instructed the OAS General Secretariat to act as a record-keeping mechanism (institutional memory of the process) and provide technical support to the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG); and

RECOGNIZING the importance of coordinated and efficient follow-up to the Santiago Plan of Action of the Second Summit of the Americas so as to ensure timely and effective implementation of the initiatives entrusted to the OAS and other organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system by the Heads of State and Government of the Hemisphere,

RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Permanent Council for the report of its Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and to express its satisfaction with the important work carried out by that Special Committee in implementing resolution AG/RES. 1349 (XXV-O/95) and other resolutions on the subject.

2. To thank also the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization for their special support in implementing the initiatives of the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas in Miami and the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and to urge continued implementation of the Miami Plan of Action and the Santa Cruz Plan of Action, in accordance with the mandates of the Second Summit of the Americas, held in Santiago.

3. To reaffirm the mandate issued to the Permanent Council to coordinate, through its Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management, the activities arising from the Summits of the Americas held in Miami in 1994 and in Santiago in 1998.

4. To note with satisfaction the report of the Permanent Council on the Second Summit of the Americas and to approve the chart of initiatives of the Santiago Plan of Action of the Second Summit of the Americas (CP/doc.3059/98 rev. 2).

5. To request the organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system mentioned in the chart to give priority to carrying out the initiatives of the Santiago Plan of Action and to provide the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management with regular progress reports on implementation in those areas.

6. To instruct the General Secretariat to follow up on the initiatives that it has been mandated to implement in the Santiago Plan of Action.

7. To instruct the Permanent Council to submit a written progress report to the foreign ministers at each regular session of the General Assembly on the implementation of this resolution.