AG/RES. 1662 (XXIX-O/99)

CONSIDERATION OF THE SITUATION OF THE PERMANENT OBSERVERS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE COOPERATION ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION

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

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council (CP/doc.3825/99) on consideration of the situation of the permanent observers and their participation in the cooperation programs and activities of the Organization;

BEARING IN MIND that the Permanent Council, through the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, has begun considering the possibility of establishing criteria governing all aspects of participation by those states in the cooperation activities and programs of the Organization, pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 1491 (XXVII-O/97);

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT resolution AG/RES. 1555 (XXVIII-O/98), in which the General Assembly considered the advisability of continuing the study of this important topic and resolved to instruct the Permanent Council to present a final report to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth regular session based on the study prepared by the General Secretariat pursuant to resolution CP/RES. 619 (978/94); and

CONSIDERING the advisability of concluding those studies as soon as possible and of obtaining, for these purposes, the opinion of the permanent observers on this subject,

RESOLVES:

1. To renew its request to the Permanent Council to continue analyzing the situation of the permanent observers and their participation in the cooperation activities and programs of the Organization, including the advisability of taking into account the situation of permanent observers who express particular interest in the activities of the Organization.

2. To instruct the General Secretariat, under the coordination of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs, to fulfill its mandate to conduct the studies requested in CP/RES. 619 (978/94) and resolution AG/RES. 1555 (XXVIII-O/98), and to report thereon before December 31, 1999.

3. To request the Permanent Council to make consultations, through the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, with a view to holding a special meeting in the second half of 1999, with the participation of the permanent observers to the Organization, in order to obtain their opinions and exchange points of view.

4. To take note of the implementation of, and to continue to implement, appropriate administrative measures to facilitate and make more effective the participation by the permanent observers in the different areas of the Organization’s work.

5. To request the Permanent Council to present a final report on this matter to the General Assembly at its thirtieth regular session.