AG/RES. 1688 (XXIX-O/99)

VENUE AND DATE OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

(Resolution adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 8, 1999)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT Articles 47 and 48 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly concerning the holding of its regular sessions and determination of the venues thereof;

CONSIDERING:

That, in resolution AG/RES. 939 (XVIII-O/88), it recommended that the first Monday in June of each year be set as the opening date for its regular sessions; and

That the Government of Chile offered to host the thirty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly in the year 2004, stating that it had decided to make this offer as a reaffirmation of its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the Organization of American States and as evidence of its decision to continue to participate actively in current efforts to modernize the Organization,

RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Government of Chile for its generous offer to host the thirty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly and to accept that offer.

2. To determine that the thirty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly will start on the first Monday in June in the year 2004.