Informe del secretario general sobre

AG/RES. 2836 (XLIV-O/14)

XXI PAN AMERICAN CHILD CONGRESS

(Adopted at the second plenary session, held on June 4, 2014)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN resolution CD/RES. 05 (88-R/13), adopted by the Directing Council of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN);
CONSIDERING:
That Article 19 of the Statute of the IIN provides that the Pan American Child Congress is an inter-American ministerial meeting that has the purpose of promoting the exchange of experience and knowledge among the peoples in the Americas on the issues within the competence of the Institute and of proposing the relevant recommendations; and
That Article 22 of the Statute of the IIN states that the Congresses may act as Inter-American Specialized Conferences;
RECALLING:
That Article 122 of the Charter of the Organization of American States recognizes that “[t]he Specialized Conferences are intergovernmental meetings to deal with special technical matters or to develop specific aspects of inter­-American cooperation. They shall be held when either the General Assembly or the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs so decides, on its own initiative or at the request of one of the Councils or Specialized Organizations”; and
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
That the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil has offered to host the XXI Pan American Child Congress, to be held in December 2014; and
That the designation of the Pan American Child Congress as an inter-American specialized conference would lend the event increased political and technical prominence and, consequently, give greater authority to the policy guidelines and decisions adopted, which would benefit children in the states of the Americas,
RESOLVES:
1. To declare the XXI Pan American Child Congress an inter-American specialized conference.
2. To encourage member states to provide their greatest possible support in ensuring a successful outcome to the event and to send their highest possible authorities to attend.
3. To thank the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil for its offer to host the XXI Pan American Child Congress, which will be held in Brasilia, Brazil, from December 10 to 12, 2014.
4. To instruct the General Secretariat, through the Department of Conferences and Meetings Management, to provide, upon request, its support for the activities mentioned in this resolution, on the understanding that the resources for the organization of the event will be the responsibility of the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Inter-American Children’s Institute.

AG/RES. 2837 (XLIV-O/14)

FREE TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN THE HEMISPHERE

(Adopted at the second plenary session, held on June 4, 2014)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

RECALLING resolution AG/RES. 1364 (XXVI-O/96), “Free Trade and Investment in the Hemisphere,” through which the Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI) was instructed to conduct a study on the matter;
RECOGNIZING the opinion of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI/RES. II-14/96), in which the Committee unanimously concluded that “in the significant areas described above the bases and potential application of the legislation which is the subject of this Opinion are not in conformity with international law”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT resolutions AG/RES. 1447 (XXVII-O/97), AG/RES. 1532 (XXVIII-O/98), AG/RES. 1614 (XXIX-O/99), AG/RES. 1700 (XXX-O/00), AG/RES. 1826 (XXXI-O/01), AG/RES. 1884 (XXXII-O/02), AG/RES. 1914 (XXXIII-O/03), AG/RES. 1976 (XXXIV-O/04), AG/RES. 2063 (XXXV-O/05), AG/RES. 2239 (XXXVI-O/06), AG/RES. 2301 (XXXVII-O/07), AG/RES. 2376 (XXXVIII-O/08), AG/RES. 2450 (XXXIX-O/09), AG/RES. 2547 (XL-O/10), AG/RES. 2684 (XLI-O/11), AG/RES. 2701 (XLII-O/12), and AG/RES. 2767 (XLIII-O/13); and
CONSIDERING the “Report of the Permanent Council on Free Trade and Investment in the Hemisphere” (CP/CG-2006/14 rev. 2),
RESOLVES:

1. 
   To take note of the “Report of the Permanent Council on Free Trade and Investment in the Hemisphere” presented pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 2767 (XLIII-O/13).
   

2. 
   To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth regular session, on developments in this regard. Execution of the activities envisaged in this resolution will be subject to the availability of financial resources in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources.
   

AG/RES. 2838 (XLIV-O/14)

ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER STATES:

EFFECTIVE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT STRENGTHENING
AND INNOVATION INITIATIVE IN THE AMERICAS

(Adopted at the second plenary session, held on June 4, 2014)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the “Annual Report of the Permanent Council to the General Assembly 2013-2014” (AG/doc.5470/14 add. 1), in particular, the section on the activities of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP);
RECALLING the resolutions assigned to the CAJP in the “List of Resolutions of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP) for the Period 2007-2012 Classified by Thematic Areas as Identified by the Informal Working Group to Review the Mandates of the CAJP” (CP/CAJP/INF.188/13);
CONSIDERING that the programs, activities, and tasks set out in the resolutions within the purview of the CAJP help further the essential purposes of the Organization enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of American States;
REAFFIRMING the norms and principles of international law and those contained in the Charter of the Organization of American States; and
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the mandates arising from General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 2788 (XLIII-O/13), “Effective Public Management Strengthening and Innovation Initiative in the Americas,” which decided to amalgamate the initiatives and activities of the Department for Effective Public Management into a hemispheric cooperation mechanism on governance, and to develop initiatives aimed at strengthening government institutions—in particular, at the local and regional government level—in order to enable networks of authorities and experts to operate; create training and capacity-building opportunities through forums for exchange of experiences and mutual learning; and facilitate strategic partnerships among universities and educational institutions, among other initiatives,
RESOLVES:

1. 
   To reaffirm to the Permanent Council and to the General Secretariat the applicable mandates contained in past resolutions of the General Assembly assigned to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP) and mentioned in the preamble to this resolution; to urge member states to continue contributing to the attainment of the objectives established in said resolutions through the development and execution of activities, submission of reports, exchange of information, and adoption of measures and policies, as well as through cooperation, support, and mutual assistance; and to instruct the General Secretariat to provide necessary support to those ends.
   

2. 
   To take note of the outcomes of the Meeting of High Authorities of Public Management Governing Bodies in the member states of the Organization of American States, held in Panama City on March 14, 2014, which launched the Inter-American Cooperation Mechanism for Effective Public Management, whose purpose is to contribute to technical cooperation through dialogue and exchange among governmental experts, promote training and knowledge management, and create strategic partnerships with other international organizations, universities, and educational institutions, among others.
   

3. 
   To encourage efforts by the Department for Effective Public Management to continue, at the request of member states, to provide assistance for government institution-building, including for local governments, bearing in mind their strategic importance to development and their proximity to the problems and needs of their citizens.
   

4. 
   To encourage member states to participate in the aforementioned Mechanism and to make available their innovative experiences with the topics identified within its framework, observing as crosscutting themes, inter alia, improvement in the effectiveness and quality of public services, transparency, open government, citizen participation and the contribution of public agents.
   

5. 
   To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth regular session on the implementation of this resolution. Execution of the activities envisaged in this resolution will be subject to the availability of financial resources in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources.