AG/RES. 1252 (XXIV-O/94)

OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ORGANS, AGENCIES, AND ENTITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

(Resolution adopted at the sixth plenary session, held on June 8, 1994)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations made by the Permanent Council concerning the annual reports (AG/doc.3082/94) submitted by the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) (CP/CRO-377/94), the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) (CP/CRO-379/94), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) (CP/CRO-382/94), the Administrative Tribunal of the Organization (TRIBAD) (CP/CRO-381/94), the Secretary General of the OAS (CP/CRO-376/94), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (CP/CRO-385/94), the Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN) (CP/CRO-383/94), and the American Indian Institute (III) (CP/CRO-390/94); and

CONSIDERING:

That the reports adhere in form and substance to the provisions of resolution AG/RES. 331 (VIII-O/78);

That the reports presented by the Pan American Institute of Geography and History, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, the Inter-American Commission of Women, the Administrative Tribunal, the Secretary General of the Organization, and the Inter-American Children's Institute were delivered within the time frame stipulated in Article 34.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council; and

That the recommendations and observations made by the Permanent Council regarding the annual reports of these organs, agencies, and entities recognize the major contribution they have made towards attainment of the purposes of the inter-American system,

RESOLVES:

  1. To highlight the work accomplished by the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization.

  2. To note, endorse, and transmit to the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization the observations and recommendations made by the Permanent Council concerning the annual reports.

  3. To congratulate the Pan American Institute of Geography and History and its General Secretariat on the XV General Assembly held in San Jos?, Costa Rica, from November 8 to 19, 1993, to take note of the election of the new officers during that Assembly, and to take due note of the resolutions adopted to amend the Organic Statutes of PAIGH.

  4. To express appreciation for the efforts being made by the Inter-American Commission of Women and its Executive Secretariat to promote women's rights in the Americas.

  5. To encourage the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to continue its constructive work in support of agricultural development in the region.
  6. To thank the members of the Administrative Tribunal for the important services provided during its thirty-eighth session.

  7. To highlight the efforts of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Jo?o Clemente Baena Soares, given his unmistakable contribution to promoting and consolidating peace and democracy in the region, as may be seen in the annual report.

  8. To congratulate the Inter-American Children's Institute on the Seventeenth Inter-American Child Congress held in San Jos?, Costa Rica, and to take note of the election of new officers during the Seventy-First Meeting of the IIN Directing Council; to recognize the work of the Director of the Inter-American Children's Institute in raising external funding to prepare and execute programs and projects for the Institute, and to thank the governments, inter-governmental organizations and private bodies for the valuable cooperation they provided to the IIN.

  9. To extend the mandate given to the Inter-American Children's Institute to enable it to present the Special Report on Children in the Americas at the next regular session of the General Assembly.

  10. To place particular emphasis on the important activities carried out by the Pan American Health Organization in fulfillment of its aims and objectives.

  11. To congratulate the Inter-American Indian Institute on the Eleventh Inter-American Indian Congress held in Managua, in 1993, and to take note of the efforts being made by member states to restructure the Institute.

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