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AG/RES. 1390 (XXVI-O/96)

RENEWED REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 34 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

(Resolution adopted at the eighth plenary session, held on June 7, 1996)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the request presented by the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the Organization of American States (OAS) in relation to resolutions AG/RES. 1211 (XXIII-O/93), AG/RES. 1268 (XXIV-O/94), and AG/RES. 1332 (XXV-O/95); and

CONSIDERING:

That, in resolution AG/RES. 1211 (XXIII-O/93), the General Assembly decided to ask the Secretary General to forward to all member states of the OAS the proposed amendment to Article 34 of the American Convention on Human Rights, requesting them to submit their comments and observations thereon within a reasonable time;

That the General Assembly reiterated this request in resolutions AG/RES. 1268 (XXIV-O/94) and AG/RES. 1332 (XXV-O/95);

That several states have already forwarded their comments and observations to the Secretary General; and

That the Government of Nicaragua considers it necessary to reiterate once again to member states that have not yet done so the request that they forward their comments so that a mechanism for adoption of the aforementioned amendment may be put in place,

RESOLVES:

To reiterate to member states of the Organization of American States that have not yet done so the request that they forward to the Secretary General within a reasonable time their comments and observations on the following proposed amendment to Article 34 of the American Convention on Human Rights:

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights shall be composed of 11 members, who shall be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights.

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