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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the Annual Report of the Permanent Council to the General
Assembly (AG/doc.4265/04 add. 6) on the activities of the Committee on
Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS
Activities in 2003-2004;
BEARING IN MIND the initiatives emanating from the First Summit of the
Americas (Miami, 1994); the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable
Development (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 1996); the Second Summit of the
Americas (Santiago, 1998); the Third Summit of the Americas (Quebec City,
2001); and the Special Summit of the Americas (Monterrey, 2004);
BEARING IN MIND ALSO the decision of the member states to hold the
Fourth Summit of the Americas in Argentina in 2005;
RECALLING that, in resolution AG/RES. 1349 (XXV-O/95), the General
Assembly established a Special Committee of the Permanent Council on
Inter-American Summits Management, open to all member states, to ensure
effective, timely, and appropriate follow-up of the activities assigned
to the Organization by the Summit of the Americas and to coordinate OAS
preparation, participation, and follow-up with regard to future Summits;
RECALLING ALSO that, at its meeting of July 31, 2002, the Permanent
Council decided to merge the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits
Management and the Committee on Civil Society Participation in OAS
Activities, which then became the Committee on Inter-American Summits
Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities (CISC);
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the mandates arising from the Plan of Action of
the Third Summit of the Americas and, in particular, those contained in
the section “Follow Up to the Plan of Action,” which also contains an
acknowledgment of the function that the CISC fulfills in coordinating OAS
activities in this regard and in serving as a forum for civil society to
contribute to the Summits of the Americas process, and the establishment,
in Executive Order 02-3, of the Secretariat for the Summit Process;
RECALLING that the Declaration of Quebec City recognizes the
significant results of the ministerial meetings held in support of the
mandates of the Summits of the Americas as well as the importance of the
contribution made by civil society to the Summits process;
RECOGNIZING that the CISC has served as a framework for civil society
participation in the Summits of the Americas process;
RECOGNIZING ALSO the work of the Joint Summit Working Group,
comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO), the World Bank, the Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Andean Development Corporation
(CAF), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), and the Central American
Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI);
BEARING IN MIND the Special Summit of the Americas, held in Monterrey,
Nuevo León, Mexico, on January 12 and 13, 2004, and the adoption and
signature of the Declaration of Nuevo León;
RECALLING that the Summits process encourages full participation by
civil society and that, in the Declaration of Nuevo León, the Heads of
State and Government undertake to institutionalize meetings with civil
society and with the academic and private sectors[KL1] ; and
RECOGNIZING ALSO the importance of coordinated, timely, and effective
follow-up of the Plan of Action of the Third Summit of the Americas, the
Declaration of Nuevo León, and the previous Plans of Action, as well as
the preparatory work for the Fourth Summit of the Americas and the
pivotal role of the inter-American system, and especially of the OAS, in
this matter,
RESOLVES:
1. To urge the member states to continue to implement the commitments
of the Summits of the Americas and to promote and disseminate them within
their respective national administrations.
2. To renew the mandate issued to the Permanent Council to coordinate
the activities assigned to the Organization of American States by the
Summits of the Americas.
3. To instruct the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization
to continue to give the highest priority to carrying out the initiatives
assigned to them by the General Assembly, in accordance with the mandates
of the Summits of the Americas, and to report regularly on these
activities to the Permanent Council, the Inter-American Council for
Integral Development, and the Committee on Inter-American Summits
Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities.
4. To request the General Secretariat to continue to serve, through
the Secretariat for the Summit Process, as the institutional memory and
secretariat of the Summits of the Americas process, in keeping with the
Plan of Action of the Third Summit of the Americas and the Declaration of
Nuevo León; to support the follow-up and dissemination of mandates as
well as the preparation and technical coordination of future summits; and
to offer to help member states implement the mandates assigned in the
Plans of Action.
5. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue to promote and
facilitate civil society participation in topics assigned to the OAS by
the Summits of the Americas process as well as the efforts of member
states to foster such participation.
6. To request that the General Secretariat, by way of the Joint Summit
Working Group chaired by the OAS Secretariat for the Summit Process:
a. Present an annual report to the Summit Implementation Review Group
(SIRG) with regard to the support provided to member states in pursuing
Summit mandates;
b. In its capacity as coordination mechanism, continue to promote the
implementation and follow-up in all agencies of the Plans of Action of
the Summits of the Americas and of the Declaration of Nuevo León;
c. Assist in the preparatory work for the Fourth Summit of the
Americas, to be held in Argentina; and
a. Hold at least one meeting of agency heads each year to review
progress made and plan joint activities, as a complement to the regular
interagency meetings.
7. To request the General Secretariat to continue providing the
necessary support for ministerial and sectoral meetings related to the
implementation of Summit mandates and commitments on topics of interest
to the OAS.
8. To request the General Secretariat to make efforts, through the
Secretariat for the Summit Process, to promote and disseminate among the
various social actors the mandates and commitments emanating from the
Summits of the Americas so that these actors may contribute to their
implementation.
9. To request the General Secretariat to strengthen the Secretariat
for the Summit Process so that it may have the human and financial
resources it needs to support the follow-up and dissemination of the
mandates of the Summits of the Americas and the preparations for the
Fourth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Argentina.
10. To instruct the General Secretariat to carry out the activities
mentioned in this resolution within the resources allocated in the
program-budget of the Organization and other resources; and to instruct
the Secretary General to seek additional voluntary funds to carry out the
activities mentioned in this resolution.
11. To request the member states to continue contributing to the
Specific Fund for the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) in order
to provide financial support for the Group’s activities.
12. To request the General Secretariat to submit to the Permanent
Council, through the Secretariat for the Summit Process, systematic and
detailed information on the budgetary and financial management of said
Specific Fund.
13. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly
at its thirty-fifth regular session on the implementation of this
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