AG/RES. 1535 (XXVIII-O/98)

CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

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

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council on the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organization of American States (AG/doc.3718/98);

CONSIDERING that, in resolution AG/RES. 1462 (XXVII-O/97), the General Assembly instructed the General Secretariat to make preparations for events marking the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the OAS;

BEARING IN MIND that resolution AG/RES. 1462 (XXVII-O/97) emphasized that the 50th anniversary of the OAS provides "an excellent opportunity to reaffirm the purposes and principles of the Organization and to strengthen it as an institution, so as to address the new challenges posed by the coming century"; and

RECALLING that, in the Commitment of Lima: Toward a Culture of Peace and Development in the Americas, the foreign ministers and heads of delegation of the member states reaffirmed that "the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the OAS should be the opportunity to reinforce its process of modernization and institutional strengthening that will permit it to attain dynamically and functionally its purposes and principles,"

RESOLVES:

1. To thank and congratulate the Government of the Republic of Colombia for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organization of American States, held in Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, on April 29 and 30, 1998.

2. To support the Declaration of Santafé de Bogotá and reaffirm the importance of the principles contained therein.