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Mexico City
27-29 October, 2004

  IIN/RES. 2 (XIX-04)

Evolution of the Child’s Relationship with the Family
(Submitted by the Delegation of Uruguay) 

THE NINETEENTH PAN AMERICAN CHILD CONGRESS,   

CONSIDERING: 

1. That resolution AG/RES. 678 (XIII-0/83) adopted by the OAS General Assembly approved the Inter-American Declaration on the Family, the first article of which states that “Every human being, especially every boy and girl, has the right to a family and to the stability of the family institution”;
   
   

2.  That within the family both father and mother play a fundamental role in the integral protection of children;
   
   

3.  That such role evolves from a greater dependence to a greater autonomy together with the psycho-social development of children; 
   
   

4.  That the gradual exercise of their rights by children and follows the same pattern of evolution, which should take place in healthy and favorable conditions;
   
   

5.  That note has been taken of the important need to strengthen policies, programs, and services for the family as well as the technical capabilities of those who are responsible for implementing such programs in accordance with a right-based approach;
   
   

6. That paragraph 5 in the operative section of resolution AG/RES. 1951 (XXXIII-O/03) on the PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN THE AMERICAS adopted by the General Assembly on 10 June, 2003 urges member states to ensure that the human rights of children are included on the working agendas of the specialized organizations and conferences and the organs and entities of the Organization of American States;   
   
   

7.  That the political will expressed by the Member States at this Nineteenth Pan American Child Congress is intended to promote the respect for the family as the fundamental ambit for the protection and promotion of the rights of children.

RESOLVES:

1. To request the IIN Office to study and monitor the policies, programs, projects, and activities required for making up an evolutionary approach to child and family-related issues.  
   
   

2. To urge the Member States to make available to the IIN –on a voluntary basis– information on the above programs, projects, and activities for the purpose of recording it in the PIINFA Database. 
   
   

3. To request the IIN to design, subject to resource availability and based on the information mentioned in item 1, a training course on “Children, Family, and Rights” addressed to operators and managers of child and family programs which should provide for an integrated view of the evolutionary development approach and the gradual exercise of rights, and make it available to the Member States within the framework of the technical assistance offered by the IIN.   
   
   

4. To urge the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development and other agencies in the inter-American system to support the proper implementation of this resolution.