AG/RES. 2101 (XXXV - O/05)

XIX PAN AMERICAN CHILD CONGRESS

(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 7, 2005)

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            TAKING INTO ACCOUNT its resolutions AG/RES. 1951 (XXXIII-O/03), “Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Children in the Americas”; AG/RES. 1961 (XXXIII-O/03), “Nineteenth Pan American Child Congress”; and AG/RES. 2031 (XXXIV-O/04), “XIX Pan American Child Congress”; 

            REAFFIRMING its commitment to create a world fit for children, in which sustainable human development, taking into account the best interests of the child, is founded on principles of democracy, equality, nondiscrimination, peace, and social justice, and the universality, indivisibility, interdependence, and interrelatedness of all human rights, including the right to development; 

            CONSIDERING the appeal made in the Plan of Action of the Third Summit of the Americas, held in Quebec City, for full integration of the human rights of children and adolescents into the work of hemispheric institutions, and the important work being done by the Organization of American States, through its specialized organizations and conferences and its organs, agencies, and entities, to promote and protect the human rights of children; 

            BEARING IN MIND the Final Declaration and the seven resolutions adopted at the XIX Pan American Child Congress, held in Mexico City from October 27 to 29, 2004; 

            RECOGNIZING the important work that the Inter-American Children’s Institute is called upon to undertake, principally in the framework of promotion and protection of the rights of children; and taking into account the Institute’s annual report for 2004 (CP/doc.3994/05) and the resolution of its Directing Council adopting the Strategic Plan 2005-2008; and 

            BEARING IN MIND the six thematic areas addressed by the XIX Pan American Child Congress: 

i.    “The Family as the Institution with Primary Responsibility for Protection, Upbringing, and Integral Development of the Child”;

ii.    “Evolution of the Child’s Relationship with the Family”;

iii.   “Children’s Rights and Their Relation to the Different Types of Families”;

iv.   “The Doctrine of Integral Protection and Current Family Law”;

v.    “Family Violence and Its Impact on Child Development”; and

vi.   “Promoting a Culture of Respect for Children’s Rights:  The Roles of the Family, the State, Civil Society, and the Media,”

RESOLVES:

1. To express its satisfaction with the holding of the XIX Pan American Child Congress, whose central theme was “the family, as it is the foundation of the integral development of children.”

2. To express its satisfaction with the holding of the Special Meeting of the Directing Council of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN), in Brasilia, Brazil, from April 25 to 27, 2005, at which, among other things, the Institute’s Strategic Plan 2005-2008 was adopted.

3. To reiterate the resolve of the member states to intensify their efforts and inter-American cooperation aimed at advancing policies to promote, protect, and publicize the human rights of children.

4. To call upon member states to implement the resolutions adopted at the XIX Pan American Child Congress by maintaining a child-centered focus and incorporating a family and community perspective in planning and decision-making processes.

5. To urge member states to provide the IIN voluntarily with information regarding programs, projects, and activities that adopt an evolutionary approach to childhood and family matters, in order to record them in the database of the IIN’s Information Program (PIINFA).

6. To request the IIN to include in its annual report to the General Assembly the results of the projects, programs, and activities carried out pursuant to the Declaration and resolutions adopted at the XIX Pan American Child Congress and the priorities identified in the Strategic Plan 2005-2008.

7. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth regular session on follow-up to the implementation of the Declaration and the seven resolutions of the XIX Pan American Child Congress as well as the priorities identified in the Strategic Plan 2005-2008.