Anales del XIX Congreso Panamericano del Niño

THE DIRECTING COUNCIL,

HAVING SEEN:

That the Nineteenth Pan American Child Congress will be held on 27-29 October, 2004 in Mexico City, with the Inter-American Children’s Institute acting as its Executive Secretariat;

That this Pan American Congress will adopt as its main theme “The Family: Basis for the Integral Development of Children and Adolescents”;

CONSIDERING:

That Resolution AG/RES. 2031 (XXXIV - O/04) convened all the OAS member states, institutions and key people who advocate and promote the rights of children and the family to attend the Nineteenth Pan American Child Congress;

That Article 19 in the Rules of Procedure of the Nineteenth Pan American Child Congress establishes that the Directing Council should define the Working Groups and assign their respective sub-themes.

RESOLVES:

To establish three Working Groups for the discussion of the following sub-themes:

Group 1:
Sub-theme 1: “The Family as the Institution with Primary Responsibility for the Protection, Upbringing, and Integral Development of Children and Adolescents.”
Sub-theme 4: “The Doctrine of Integral Protection and Current Family Law.”

Group 2:
Sub-theme 2: “Evolution of the Child’s Relationship with the Family.”
Sub-theme 3: “Children’s Rights and their Relation to the Different Types of Families.”

Group 3:
Sub-theme 5: “Family Violence and its Impact on Child Development.”
Sub-theme 6: “Promoting a Culture of Respect for Children’s Rights: The Roles of the Family, the State, Civil Society and the Media.”