AG/RES. 1613 (XXIX-O/99)

SIXTH INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (CIDIP-VI)

(Resolution adopted at the first plenary session, held on June 7, 1999)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the Report of the Permanent Council on the Meeting of Experts for the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) (CP/doc.3185/99) and the Report of the Meeting of Experts (RE/CIDIP-VI/doc.9/98);

BEARING IN MIND that resolution AG/RES. 1393 (XXVI-O/96) convened the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) and instructed the Permanent Council to approve the agenda for that conference and submit it to the governments of the member states for approval;

CONSIDERING that resolution AG/RES. 1558 (XXVIII-O/98) stated that, "given the technical complexity of the subject, it is advisable to hold a meeting of experts to define the precise scope of the topics proposed for CIDIP-VI and begin the preparatory work for the Conference"; and

BEARING IN MIND:

That the Permanent Council, through resolution CP/RES. 732 (1173/98), convened the meeting of experts, which was held in Washington, D.C., on December 3 and 4, 1998; and

That, through resolution CP/RES. 744 (1185/99), the Permanent Council approved the agenda for the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) and resolved to convene two meetings of experts prior to the aforementioned specialized conference,

RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Permanent Council for approving the following agenda for the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI):

a. Standardized commercial documentation for international transportation, with special reference to the 1989 Inter-American Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, with the possible incorporation of an additional protocol on bills of lading.

b. International loan contracts of a private nature, in particular the uniformity and harmonization of international laws governing transactions secured with movable property, commercial, and financial guarantees.

c. Conflicts of laws on extracontractual liability, with an emphasis on competency of jurisdiction and applicable law with respect to civil international liability for transboundary pollution.

2. To instruct the Permanent Council to set the date and place, in collaboration with the General Secretariat, for the two meetings of government experts convened through resolution CP/RES. 744 (1185/99) to examine the documentation and prepare studies on the topics identified in the preceding operative paragraph.

3. To request the Permanent Council to transmit to the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) the results of the aforementioned meetings of government experts.

4. To instruct the Permanent Council to set the date for the Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI).