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AG/RES. 1994 (XXXIV-O/04)
SUPPORT FOR AND FOLLOW-UP TO THE SUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS PROCESS
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June 8, 2004)
 

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 resolution.

 
 


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