AG/RES. 1544 (XXVIII-O/98)

AMENDMENTS TO THE MODEL REGULATIONS CONCERNING LAUNDERING OFFENSES CONNECTED TO ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING AND RELATED OFFENSES AND TO THE MODEL REGULATIONS TO CONTROL CHEMICAL PRECURSORS AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, MACHINES AND MATERIALS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION

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

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN:

The recommendations and observations of the Permanent Council on the annual reports submitted in compliance with Article 91.f of the Charter of the Organization of American States (AG/doc.3698/98), and in particular those relating to the Annual Report of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) (CP/doc.3008/98);

The final report of the follow-up meeting of the CICAD Group of Experts on Money Laundering, held in Santiago, Chile, in October 1997, including progress under the ongoing system of assessment of money laundering of the Plan of Action of Buenos Aires, improved measures to control that offense, and the text of amendments to the Model Regulations Concerning Laundering Offenses Connected to Illicit Drug Trafficking and Related Offences, approved by the Commission at its twenty-second regular session, held in Lima, Peru, in November 1997 (CICAD/doc.901/97); and

The final report of the meeting of the CICAD Group of Experts on the Control of Chemical Precursors and Chemical Substances, Machines, and Materials, held in Fort de France, Martinique, in June 1997, including proposals to amend the Model Regulations to Control Chemical Precursors and Chemical Substances, Machines, and Materials, approved by the Commission at its twenty-second regular session, held in Lima, Peru, in November 1997 (CICAD/doc.897/97); and

CONSIDERING:

That the CICAD Groups of Experts are open to all member countries and thus provide an opportunity for a broad variety of interests to be reflected;

That the above-mentioned assessment and Model Regulations of CICAD are important instruments in the development of a coordinated hemispheric response to illicit drug trafficking and related offenses;

That the Model Regulations depend upon the input of the experts of the member countries to keep them dynamic, timely, and relevant; and

That the Commission has approved the above-mentioned Model Regulations,

RESOLVES:

1. To note with satisfaction the reports of the meetings of the Groups of Experts of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD).

2. To adopt the amendments to CICAD's Model Regulations Concerning Laundering Offenses Connected to Illicit Drug Trafficking and Related Offenses, approved by the Commission at its twenty-second regular session, held in Lima, Peru, in November 1997 (CICAD/doc.901/97), and to recommend them to member states for adoption into national law.

3. To take note of the progress made by the CICAD Group of Experts on the control of chemical precursors toward amendment of the Model Regulations to Control Chemical Precursors and Chemical Substances, Machines, and Materials, and to encourage the completion of this important work.

4. To urge member states to give strong political support to bring into effect CICAD's Model Regulations by means of legal instruments at the national level and to provide the institutional support for their appropriate application, with due regard for the ongoing work of CICAD's Groups of Experts.