AG/RES. 1560 (XXVIII-O/98)

PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING AND ADOPTING INTER-AMERICAN LEGAL INSTRUMENTS WITHIN 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 procedures for preparing and adopting inter-American legal instruments within the Organization of American States (AG/doc.3718/98);

CONSIDERING:

That, in resolution AG/RES. 1329 (XXV-O/95), the General Secretariat was instructed to "prepare draft guidelines covering the entire process of preparation of inter-American legal instruments for review and comment by the Inter-American Juridical Committee," and for submission to the Permanent Council, which was to present a report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth regular session; and

That, in resolutions AG/RES. 1391 (XXVI-O/96) and AG/RES. 1483 (XXVII-O/97), the General Assembly requested the Permanent Council to continue its consideration of the topic, taking into account the studies prepared by the General Secretariat and the Inter-American Juridical Committee, as well as the observations of the member states, so that it might present a report on the draft guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph to the General Assembly;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the General Secretariat prepared the requested report (CP/CAJP-1289/97); that, in turn, the Inter-American Juridical Committee submitted its observations to the Permanent Council (CP/doc.2859/97 add. 2); and that several states have already made their observations; and

RECOGNIZING the significance of the progress made to date in preparing the report on draft guidelines covering the entire process of preparing inter-American legal instruments for possible adoption,

RESOLVES:

To request the Permanent Council to conclude its consideration of the Report and the Draft Guidelines for Preparing and Adopting Inter-American Legal Instruments within the Organization of American States, taking into account the studies prepared by the General Secretariat and the Inter-American Juridical Committee, along with the observations and comments of the member states, and to submit them to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth regular session.