THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations of the Permanent
Council (AG/doc.4332/04) on the annual reports presented by the
following: Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)
(CP/doc.3888/04), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IICA) (CP/doc.3843/04), the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) (CP/doc.3846/04), the Inter-American Commission of
Women (CIM) (CP/doc.3847/04), the Inter-American Telecommunications
Commission (CITEL) (CP/doc.3839/04), the Inter-American Drug Abuse
Control Commission (CICAD) (CP/doc.3711/03), the Inter-American
Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) (CP/doc.3859/04), the Inter-American
Children’s Institute (IIN) (CP/doc.3852/04), the Inter-American Indian
Institute (III) (CP/doc.3858/04), the Pan American Institute of
Geography and History (CP/doc.3857/04), the Justice Studies Center of
the Americas (JSCA) (CP/doc.3850/04), and the Administrative Tribunal of
the OAS (TRIBAD) (CP/doc.3822/04);
CONSIDERING that the Permanent Council’s observations and
recommendations recognize the successful endeavors of the organs,
agencies, and entities in furtherance of the principles and objectives
of the Organization and of the inter-American system; and
UNDERSCORING that these reports have been submitted in keeping
with the provisions of Article 91.f of the OAS Charter,
RESOLVES:
1.
To take note of the observations and recommendations of the
Permanent Council on the annual reports and to transmit them to the
organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization.
2.
To thank the organs, agencies, and entities that complied with
the statutory deadline for the presentation of annual reports; and once
again to urge all organs, agencies, and entities to include a section on
the quantifiable results obtained, in keeping with the provisions of
resolution AG/RES. 1952 (XXXIII-O/03).
3.
To remind all the organs, agencies, and entities of the
Organization that annual reports must be submitted by the statutory
deadline, which is 90 days prior to the start of the regular session of
the General Assembly.
4.
To urge all the organs, agencies, and entities of the
Organization to approve their annual reports, following the procedures
applicable for each report, at least 120 days prior to the General
Assembly session.
5.
To reiterate to all the organs, agencies, and entities of the
Organization that, in presenting their annual reports, they must take
into account the provisions of prior General Assembly resolutions, in
particular resolutions AG/RES. 1452 (XXVII-O/97), AG/RES. 1669
(XXIX-O/99), AG/RES. 1839 (XXXI-O/01), AG/RES. 1853 (XXXII-O/02),
AG/RES. 1883 (XXXII-O/02), and AG/RES. 1952 (XXXIII-O/03).
6.
To recognize the important activities carried out by the
Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and its
subsidiary bodies; and to request it to continue promoting hemispheric
dialogue and to redouble its efforts to promote partnership for
development among the member states to support their integral
development and, in particular, to contribute to the elimination of
poverty.
7.
To underscore the important activities conducted by the Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO) in fulfillment of its purposes and
objectives geared toward improving health and living standards in the
Americas.
8.
To commend the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) for its
service in promoting women’s rights in the Americas; and to support
its efforts to implement the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of
Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality, especially its
collaboration on the gender mainstreaming project at the OAS General
Secretariat, as well as the process of study and preparation of a
follow-up mechanism for the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention,
Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, "Convention
of Belém do Pará," and the study on trafficking in persons.
9.
To renew its recognition of the Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); and to encourage it to continue its
efforts to support the member states in their quest for progress and
prosperity in the Hemisphere, through the rural sector, promotion of
food security, and development of a competitive, technologically
trained, environmentally managed, and socially equitable agricultural
sector for the peoples of the Americas.
10.
To renew its recognition of the Inter-American Telecommunications
Commission (CITEL) for its important activities in pursuit of its
purposes and objectives and in fulfillment of the Summits of the
Americas mandates.
11.
To commend the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IACI) for
its projects now in execution under the Strategic Plan 2000-2004; and to
urge it to continue its efforts to increase funding for the projects
agreed upon in that plan.
12.
To recognize the work of the Inter-American Indian Institute
(III); and to express the support of the member states for its
restructuring process, taking into account the importance of indigenous
issues on the OAS agenda.
13.
To commend the Pan American Institute of Geography and History
(PAIGH) for the activities it has carried out, especially in support of
border demarcation.
14.
To underscore the efforts of the Justice Studies Center of the
Americas (JSCA) to generate and disseminate instruments to improve
awareness of justice in the Americas; and to express its satisfaction
with the measures taken to increase cooperation and the exchange of
experiences among key actors in the justice sector at the regional
level.
15.
To recognize the important activities carried out by the
Administrative Tribunal of the OAS, underscoring the initiative to
maintain ongoing dialogue for cooperation and coordination with the
other organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization.
