AG/RES. 1524 (XXVII-O/97)

STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT

(Resolution adopted at the seventh plenary session, held on June 5, 1997)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN:

The Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development 1997-2001, which reiterates the role of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) as a forum for hemispheric dialogue, as a catalyst for and promoter of cooperation activities, and as a mechanism for facilitating the exchange of information, experiences, and knowledge; indicates the need for the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) to increase their resources for cooperation activities, insofar as their means and their legal domestic requirements allow; and gives special attention to the needs of countries with smaller or relatively less developed economies; and

The Statutes of the Special Multilateral Fund of CIDI (FEMCIDI), which promote the diversification of financing mechanisms by highlighting the possibility that the permanent observers and other member states of the United Nations, as well as national or international public and private entities, may participate in the financing of partnership for development activities through specific funds and trust funds;

BEARING IN MIND:

The opinions expressed by the countries at the Second Regular Meeting of CIDI and at this regular session of the General Assembly regarding the need for more active participation by a larger number of countries to increase partnership for development activities within the framework of the Strategic Plan and the working mechanisms of CIDI; and

That some member states have decided to move toward becoming net providers of cooperation by strengthening their participation in multilateral programs and projects; and

RECOGNIZING:

That the increase in the number of net providers of cooperation in order to reinforce the Organization's partnership activities will make it possible to consolidate the OAS as an inter-American forum, as a mechanism for the exchange of experiences and information, and as a promoter of multilateral cooperation programs; to create favorable conditions to meet the partnership for development needs of the countries with smaller or relatively less developed economies; to promote more active participation by the permanent observers and other countries and multilateral cooperation institutions; and to contribute to the attainment of greater political balance within the Organization,

RESOLVES:

1. To urge the member states to:

a. Promote the use of CIDI mechanisms, particularly its regular and specialized ministerial meetings, to follow up on the decisions adopted at the Summit of the Americas in Miami in 1994, Santa Cruz de la Sierra in 1996, and Santiago in 1998, in accordance with the priorities established in the Strategic Plan, as well as to formulate and develop initiatives that facilitate the implementation of these decisions;

b. Make contributions in a timely manner to the voluntary fund, in accordance with the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat, the Strategic Plan, and the FEMCIDI Statutes;

c. Explore alternative methods to increase their contributions in human, technical, and financial resources in support of cooperation programs, through CIDI's working mechanisms; and

d. Identify methods of participation in cooperation activities that will allow them to play a more active role in this area and to promote the progressive increase in the number of net providers of cooperation, within the framework of CIDI;

2. To call upon the permanent observers and the technical and financial cooperation agencies working in the Hemisphere to support implementation of the Strategic Plan and the resulting inter-American programs, particularly through the mechanism of the specific funds established in the FEMCIDI Statutes and in the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat.

3. To request the General Secretariat to adopt, through the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development and with the support of its corresponding areas, the measures needed to facilitate and support execution of the previous operative paragraphs, and to report thereon to CIDI, through CEPCIDI.

4. To request the General Secretariat to cooperate, through the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development and with the support of the corresponding areas, in education proposals related to the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas, as well as other areas of education on the agenda of the second Summit of the Americas.