ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 2003

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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE IIN

A Special Meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN was held on November 17 and 18, 2003 at OAS Headquarters in Washington, D.C. On the meeting's Order of Business were the following central issues:

• Annual Report of the Director General, Lic. Alejandro Bonasso, for approval and submission to the OAS General Assembly;

• The Best Interest of the Child and the Right to Education in the Reality of the Region;

• Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Minors by One of Their Parents;

• Progress Report on the XIX Pan American Child Congress, to be held in Mexico City in 2004, on the subject of the Family;

• Reform to the Statutes of the IIN;

• 2005-2008 Strategic Plan. 

The renowned International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is coordinating activities with the IIN, welcomed the Delegates of the Institute at its Headquarters in Washington to show its recognition for the Institute’s work.

The following resolutions were approved as a result of the Special Meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN:  

The Final Report of the Special Meeting will be submitted for approval at the next Regular Meeting (the 79^th), to be held in October 2004.                        

The Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Amb. Luigi Einaudi, presided over the Council’s closing ceremony.