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8. 
   Once again to invite those member states that have not already done so to give consideration to signing and/or ratifying the Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance, as the case may be, and to adopt the measures necessary for its effective implementation.
   

9. 
   To request the General Secretariat to work, through its Department of Sustainable Development, on strengthening the technical capacity of member states in the areas addressed in the Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance.
   

10. 
    To request the IACNDR and the General Secretariat to submit a joint annual report to the Permanent Council on the fulfillment of the mandates of the General Assembly and the Statutes of the IACNDR.
    

11. 
    To instruct the Permanent Council and the General Secretariat to carry out the activities mentioned in this resolution within the resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources.
    

12. 
    To request the Permanent Council to report on the implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session.
    

13. 
    To request the Secretary General to forward this resolution to the United Nations Secretary-General and to the competent subregional agencies.
    

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the “R143 Workers’ Representatives Recommendation, 1971” adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which states that “the term workers’ representatives means persons who are recognised as such under national law or practice, whether they are (a) trade union representatives, namely representatives designated or elected by trade unions or by the members of such unions; or (b) elected representatives, namely representatives who are freely elected by the workers of the undertaking in accordance with provisions of national laws or regulations or of collective agreements and whose functions do not include activities which are recognised as the exclusive prerogative of trade unions in the country concerned,”

RESOLVES:

1. 
   To invite the workers’ representatives in each of the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), recognized as such by virtue of national law or practice, to hold a dialogue with the ministers of foreign affairs, prior to the inaugural sessions of the OAS General Assembly and the Summits of the Americas, so that said representatives may make recommendations and proposals for initiatives related to the theme of the General Assembly or the Summits of the Americas and directed toward the member states and the OAS.
   

2. 
   To instruct the OAS General Secretariat, through the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), to issue invitations to workers’ representatives in each of the member states and to hold consultations with them regarding the preferred nature and characteristics of such dialogues. In order to hold and organize such dialogues, SEDI will request the support and assistance of the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council (COSATE).
   

3. 
   To request the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session on the implementation of this resolution.
   

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

1. 
   To accept with gratitude the offer by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to host the XV Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) in Port-of-Spain from September 11 to 13, 2007.
   

2. 
   To call upon the XV IACML to continue to coordinate its priorities within the mandates of the Fourth Summit of the Americas and to support related follow-up activities.
   

3. 
   To instruct the General Secretariat to continue, through the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), supporting the process of preparing for and following up on the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor and to report periodically to the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI) on that process.
   

4. 
   To instruct the General Secretariat to continue, through SEDI, coordination of the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (INLA), which was created by the IACML to strengthen the institutional capacities of the labor ministries of the region.
   

5. 
   To request the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session on the implementation of this resolution.
   

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

1. 
   To thank the Government of Colombia for its offer to host the Fifth Meeting of Ministers of Education within the Framework of CIDI, in Cartagena, Colombia, from November 14 to 16, 2007.
   

2. 
   To emphasize the importance of continuing ministerial dialogue on education within the framework of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI).
   

3. 
   To instruct the General Secretariat to support, through the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), the work of preparing for and organizing the Fifth Meeting of Ministers of Education within the Framework of CIDI.
   
4. 
   To take note of the final report of the Third Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE) (CIDI/CIE/doc.9/06) and to thank the Committee for its work in support of the mandates entrusted by the Ministers of Education.
   

5. 
   To instruct the General Secretariat to report, through SEDI, to the Permanent Executive Committee of CIDI (CEPCIDI) on the outcome of the Fifth Meeting of Ministers of Education within the Framework of CIDI.
   

6. 
   To request CIDI to present a report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session on the implementation of this resolution.
   

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

1. 
   To express appreciation for the efforts by the Executive Committee of the High-Level Inter-American Network on Decentralization, Local Government, and Citizen Participation (RIAD), composed of Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Mexico, to implement the Declaration of Recife, issued at the third ministerial meeting of the RIAD in October 2005 to strengthen the institutional framework of the decentralization process as well as channels for citizen participation in public administration.
   

2. 
   To express its firm support for the efforts of the Executive Committee to reinforce the RIAD’s Technical and Financial Support Group through the working meetings held in January 2007 in Washington, D.C., with high-level officials of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank; and to urge those institutions to continue working with the RIAD to carry out joint activities in the area of decentralization and strengthening of local governance.
   

3. 
   To take note of the signing on June 3, 2006, of a framework agreement between the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States and the Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities, and Associations of Local Governments (FLACMA) for the purpose of fostering ties with decentralization stakeholders, taking into account the importance of coordination and collaboration between the central government and regional and local governments in the joint promotion of more inclusive economic development, capable of consolidating democratic governance.
   

4. 
   To urge the RIAD to continue implementing its Plan of Action for 2006–2007, intensifying intergovernmental dialogue and dialogue with decentralization stakeholders and reinforcing the RIAD Support Group.
   

5. 
   To thank the RIAD Technical Secretariat, under the Department of State Modernization and Governance of the Secretariat for Political Affairs, for the technical support provided to the network and the ministerial meetings; and to support efforts to strengthen its operations by fundraising and by including topics pertaining to decentralization and local governance among the areas considered in external fundraising efforts.
   

6. 
   To urge the RIAD to continue, in coordination with its vice chairs, convening technical meetings to exchange experiences and knowledge of decentralization processes, aimed at seeking solutions to challenges of mutual concern.
   

7. 
   To renew the mandate to the Permanent Council to convene the next ministerial meeting of the RIAD, within the resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources.
   

8. 
   To request the Secretary General to present a report on the implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session.
   

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

1. 
   To instruct the General Secretariat to prepare, through the Centennial Celebration Committee, a comprehensive plan to celebrate the centennial of the headquarters of the Organization, to raise public awareness of OAS activities and programs, and to promote celebration activities in the member states.
   

2. 
   To invite the various entities that make up the inter-American system to cooperate with the OAS in the preparations for and implementation of the Centennial Program set out by the Centennial Celebration Committee.
   

3. 
   To instruct the General Secretariat to mobilize, through the Centennial Celebration Committee, the resources necessary to carry out the activities scheduled in that context, derived from a specific fund established to support the centennial programs; and to invite the member states, permanent observers, and other donors, as defined in Article 74 of the General Standards, to contribute to that fund.
   

4. 
   To request the Permanent Council to provide the necessary support for the implementation of this resolution and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session.
   

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

RECALLING: