AG/RES. 1859 (XXXII-O/02)
REPORT
OF THE SECOND MEETING OF MINISTERS OF EDUCATION OF CIDI
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June 4,
2002)
The GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN resolution CIDI/RES. 122 (VII-O/02) “Report of the Second
Meeting of Ministers of Education of CIDI”;
RECALLING:
That the Heads of State and Government, gathered together at the Third
Summit of the Americas, charged the OAS with organizing, within the framework
of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), a Meeting of
Ministers of Education, to be held in Uruguay before the end of 2001, with the
mandate of identifying and initiating appropriate hemispheric mechanisms for
ensuring implementation of the education initiatives contained in the Plan of
Action of Quebec City;
That CIDI agreed to hold the Second Meeting of Ministers of Education
of CIDI in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on September 24-25, 2001;
That the General Assembly instructed the General Secretariat, through
the Social Development and Education Unit and in conjunction with the
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), to give the Ministers
of Education full technical and secretarial support for the preparatory and
follow-up meetings on the education mandates of the Second and Third Summits
of the Americas, as set forth in resolution AG/RES. 1810 (XXXI-O/01);
CONSIDERING:
That on September 24-25, 2001, the Second Meeting of Ministers of
Education of CIDI was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with the technical and
secretarial support of the Social Development and Education Unit and the Unit
for Cooperation Policy of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development
(UPC/SEDI);
That at that meeting the Ministers of Education acknowledged the
progress made in pursuit of the education mandates of the Second Summit of the
Americas, agreed to develop and implement projects for underscoring the five
key education themes of the Declaration of Quebec City, and resolved to
empower the mechanism for following up on the education mandates of the
Summits of the Americas;
That at that meeting the Ministers of Education also adopted resolution
No. 7 on “Follow-up Mechanisms,” in which they instructed the G-11
coordination group to draw up a draft plan for creating the Inter-American
Committee on Education in the terms set forth in the aforesaid resolution, and
that they asked the General Secretariat to submit that draft plan for creating
the Inter-American Committee on Education, once it had been drawn up, for
consideration by all the Ministers of Education with a view toward its
approval;
That also at that meeting, the Ministers of Education stated their
decision to make a contribution, from the sphere of education, to strengthen
knowledge, values, and attitudes that promote the acknowledgement of
diversity, tolerance and mutual respect, non-violence, the values of justice
and social equality, cooperation, and solidarity among peoples, as set forth
in the “Declaration against Violence”; and
That the Social Development and Education Unit of the General
Secretariat, in its capacity as the Technical Secretariat of the Meeting of
Ministers of Education, drew up the Final Report of the Meeting as well as a
Summary Report thereof,
RESOLVES:
1.
To note, with great satisfaction, the Final Report of the Second
Meeting of Ministers of Education of CIDI, along with the declarations and
resolutions adopted thereat.
2.
To congratulate and thank the Government of Uruguay for its efforts in
organizing and hosting the Second Meeting of Ministers of Education of CIDI.
3. To
ask the General Secretariat, through the Social Development and Education Unit
(UDSE) and the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), to
continue supporting the activities of the Education Ministries in following up
on the education commitments of the Summits of the Americas, in compliance
with resolutions CIDI/RME/RES. 7 (II-O/01) “Follow-up
Mechanisms” and CIDI/RME/RES. 6 (II-O/01) “Project Proposals in the Field
of Education” of the
Second Meeting of Ministers of Education of CIDI.
4. To
approve the creation of the Inter-American Committee on Education and to
instruct the Permanent Executive Committee of CIDI (CEPCIDI), once the
proposal prepared by the G-11 coordinating group and the draft regulations of
the Committee have been analyzed and agreed upon by the Education Ministries
of the member states, to set up that Committee and to provisionally adopt its
regulations ad referendum of the
next regular or special meeting of CIDI.
