AG/RES. 1636 (XXIX-O/99)

INTER-AMERICAN PROGRAM OF CULTURE

(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 Inter-American Program of Culture (CP/CAJP-1524 /99 corr. 1), presented pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 1578 (XXVIII-O/98);

REAFFIRMING that the OAS has agreed to intensify its efforts to promote dialogue and cooperative action on priority issues of common interest in favor of integral and sustainable development, and that culture is a fundamental and integral component of the development of the Americas;

CONSIDERING that illicit trafficking in cultural goods in the region endangers the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Americas; and

RECALLING that, in the above-mentioned resolution, AG/RES. 1578 (XXVIII-O/98), the Permanent Council was instructed to "establish a working group to prepare an inter-American convention to combat illicit trafficking in cultural goods, on the basis of existing legal instruments and experience, and to report on the progress of its work to the General Assembly at its next regular session,"

RESOLVES:

1. To extend the mandate issued to the Permanent Council in operative paragraph 2 of resolution AG/RES. 1578 (XXVIII-O/98), "Inter-American Program of Culture."

2. To request the Permanent Council to report on the implementation of this mandate to the General Assembly at its thirtieth regular session.