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Allocate additional human, technical, and financial resources to the CIM to enable it to continue working on implementation of the IAP; Promote follow-up and support activities in the OAS Gender Training Program, in particular for new staff, and training for trainers; Reiterate the request to the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization to include in their annual reports to the General Assembly their initiatives to mainstream the gender perspective into their policies, programs, projects, and activities; and Report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session, in coordination with the CIM, on the implementation of the Inter-American Program and of this resolution by the organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system. AG/RES. 2325 (XXXVII-O/07) SPECIAL SECURITY CONCERNS OF THE SMALL ISLAND STATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 5, 2007) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HAVING SEEN the Annual Report of the Permanent Council to the General Assembly (AG/doc.4698/07 corr. 1), in particular the section on the matters entrusted to the Committee on Hemispheric Security; RECALLING that the ministers of foreign affairs and heads of delegation recognized, as stated in the Declaration of Bridgetown, that the security threats, concerns, and other challenges in the hemispheric context are diverse in nature and multidimensional in scope, and that the traditional concept and approach must be expanded to encompass new and nontraditional threats, which include political, economic, social, health, and environmental aspects; REITERATING that the security of small island states has peculiar characteristics which render these states specially vulnerable and susceptible to risks and threats of a multidimensional and transnational nature, involving political, economic, social, health, environmental, and geographic factors; and that multilateral cooperation is the most effective approach for responding to and managing the threats and concerns of small island states; AWARE that the small island states remain deeply concerned about the possible threats posed to their economies and maritime environment should a ship transporting potentially hazardous material, including petroleum and radioactive material and toxic waste, have an accident or be the target of a terrorist attack while transiting the Caribbean Sea and other sea-lanes of communication in the Hemisphere; RECOGNIZING that the Second High-Level Meeting on the Special Security Concerns of Small Island States, held in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in January 2003, and resolution AG/RES. 1970 (XXXIII-O/03), which endorsed the recommendations of the said Second High-Level Meeting as set out in the Declaration of Kingstown on the Security of Small Island States, both reaffirmed that the political, economic, social, health, and environmental integrity and stability of small island states are integral to the security of the Hemisphere; MINDFUL of the potentially disastrous impact of acts of terrorism on the stability and security of all states in the Hemisphere, particularly the small and vulnerable island states; NOTING WITH SATISFACTION the decisions adopted at the Seventh Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) in the Declaration of Panama on the Protection of Critical Infrastructure in the Hemisphere in the Face of Terrorism, with particular reference to threats to tourism security;11/ COMMENDING member states and the General Secretariat for the assistance provided to support member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with the security arrangements for the Cricket World Cup 2007; UNDERSCORING the importance of sustained dialogue on the multidimensional aspects of security and their impact on the small island states of the Caribbean, in support of ongoing subregional efforts to enhance law enforcement, security cooperation, and disaster mitigation and preparedness; WELCOMING the convening of the meeting of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, held on February 12, 2007, to address the special security concerns of small island states; and ACKNOWLEDGING the impetus provided to the Organization in its ongoing commitment to implement a multidimensional approach to security by the presentations delivered inter alia on violence prevention, by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); on the impact of climate change, by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre; and on tourism security, by the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), as well as the recommendations offered by member states to form the basis of future action; RECALLING: Its resolutions AG/RES. 1886 (XXXII-O/02), AG/RES. 1970 (XXXIII-O/03), AG/RES. 2006 (XXXIV-O/04), AG/RES. 2112 (XXXV-O/05), and AG/RES. 2187 (XXXVI-O/06), “Special Security Concerns of Small Island States of the Caribbean”; AG/RES. 1497 (XXVII-O/97), AG/RES. 1567 (XXVIII-O/98), AG/RES. 1640 (XXIX-O/99), and AG/RES. 1802 (XXXI-O/01), “Special Security Concerns of Small Island States”; and AG/RES. 1410 (XXVI-O/96), “Promotion of Security in the Small Island States”; Its resolutions AG/RES. 2114 (XXXV-O/05), “Natural Disaster Reduction and Risk Management,” and AG/RES. 2184 (XXXVI-O/06), “Natural Disaster Reduction, Risk Management, and Assistance in Natural and Other Disaster Situations”; That at the Special Conference on Security, held in Mexico City on October 27 and 28, 2003, member states addressed, in paragraphs 2 and 4 of the Declaration on Security in the Americas, the multidimensional scope of security and the new threats, concerns, and other challenges and, in paragraph 8 of that Declaration, called for “renewed and ongoing attention to, and the development of appropriate instruments and strategies within the Inter-American system to address the special security concerns of small island states as reflected in the Declaration of Kingstown on the Security of Small Island States,” and noting also paragraphs 43 and 44 of the Declaration on Security in the Americas; That in the said Declaration on Security in the Americas member states emphasized the need to reinforce existing efforts in the Hemisphere with regard to transportation security, without prejudice to the flow of trade; and Its resolution AG/RES. 1 (XXXII-E/06), “Statutes of the Inter-American Defense Board,” which mandates the Board in carrying out its purpose, to take into account the needs of the smaller states, whose level of vulnerability is greater in the face of traditional threats and of new threats, concerns, and other challenges; WELCOMING the actions taken by the General Secretariat through the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security and the relevant organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system, such as the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) through the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), in the areas of the management of natural-hazard risks, a multi-hazard contingency manual/plan for the tourism sector, and food safety and security standards for the Caribbean; the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) through the online capacity-building program in drug demand reduction at the University of the West Indies and training seminars focused on supply-reduction techniques, and the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) through the airport, port facility, and tourism and recreational facilities security programs; RECOGNIZING the international obligations of member states, particularly obligations of the states parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and relevant instruments of the International Maritime Organization; and NOTING that at the Fourth Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), held in Panama City, Panama, in July 2005, the Heads of State and/or Government of the ACS member states urged those countries currently involved in the production or shipment of nuclear waste to adopt measures aimed at strengthening international cooperation in order to comply with security measures on the transportation of radioactive materials, especially those adopted at the forty-seventh regular session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Austria 2003), RESOLVES: To reemphasize the importance of strengthening and enhancing the agenda of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the hemispheric security architecture by addressing the multidimensional nature of security as it relates to the security of the small island states of the Caribbean. To renew its appeal to member states to continue collaborating with the small island states of the Caribbean in the development of effective ways of addressing the security issues of these states. To instruct the Permanent Council to remain seized of the issues which impact the security of small island states, and, to this end, through its Committee on Hemispheric Security (CSH), to evaluate progress made in addressing the security concerns of those states and the development of strategies for advancing the implementation of the related General Assembly resolutions. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue its work on global climate change, in coordination with the other organs of the OAS. To urge member states to work together on best practices in the area of violence prevention and to share best practices in collaboration with the Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence; and to request the General Secretariat to support the expansion of the current body of work in this area through a study on violence prevention in the Caribbean subregion. To request that, in support of the small island states’ efforts to address their special security concerns, the CSH coordinate and maintain the necessary liaison with the organs, agencies, entities, and mechanisms of the Organization and other institutions and mechanisms related to the various aspects of security and defense in the Hemisphere, respecting the mandates and areas of competence of each, in order to achieve the application, evaluation, and follow-up of those provisions pertaining to the special security concerns of small island states in the Declaration on Security in the Americas. To reiterate its request that the General Secretariat, through the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security and the relevant organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system, such as the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), the Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP), the Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA), the Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction (IACNDR), and the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB), support, within their areas of competence and programming, the continued efforts of the small island states to address their security and defense concerns, particularly with respect to: Developing training programs and proposals for strategic plans and cooperation to enable existing security entities in the small island states to meet the new security threats, concerns, and challenges; Assisting border control authorities in the small island states in accessing critical information; enhancing their border control systems and transportation security, including airport and seaport security; and strengthening their border-control capacities; Strengthening the capacity of small island states to fight against illicit trafficking in drugs and firearms; Carrying out simulation exercises to strengthen the disaster response capacity of these states; Improving the security of tourism and recreational facilities; and Improving coordination among the organs, agencies, and entities of the OAS on matters related to the special security concerns of small island states, so as to ensure awareness and avoid duplication. To request the Permanent Council and the General Secretariat to carry out the measures envisaged in this resolution within the resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources. To instruct the Permanent Council and the Secretary General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session on the implementation of this resolution. AG/RES. 2326 (XXXVII-O/07) MIGRANT POPULATIONS AND MIGRATION FLOWS IN THE AMERICAS (Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 5, 2007) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, RECALLING resolution AG/RES. 2248 (XXXVI-O/06), “Migrant Populations and Migration Flows in the Americas”; RECALLING ALSO the important work of the Organization of American States (OAS) in promoting and protecting the human rights of migrant workers and their families pursuant to, inter alia, the following resolutions: AG/RES. 1717 (XXX-O/00), AG/RES. 1775 (XXXI-O/01), AG/RES. 1898 (XXXII-O/02), AG/RES. 1928 (XXXIII-O/03), AG/RES. 2027 (XXXIV-O/04), AG/RES. 2130 (XXXV-O/05), and AG/RES. 2224 (XXXVI-O/06); RECALLING FURTHER the adoption, by resolution AG/RES. 2141 (XXXV-O/05), of the Inter-American Program for the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants, Including Migrant Workers and Their Families; CONSIDERING the importance of broadening discussion and analysis of human migration, regular and irregular, and migration flows in the Americas and their causes and impact on all member states of the OAS; RECOGNIZING that migration is also an integral reflection of the processes of integration and globalization, as well as a consequence of the erosion of traditional barriers to the mobilization of populations; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the social and economic significance of migrations in the countries of origin, transit, and reception of migrants; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALSO that these migration flows will very likely increase as a result of various social, economic, and demographic factors, including subregional integration efforts; TAKING NOTE of the results of the special meeting of the OAS Permanent Council held on May 2, 2007, to consider, analyze, and discuss human migration flows and their impact on members states, at which a report was received from the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP) on the human rights of migrant workers and their families, held in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 2248 (XXXVI-O/06), and at which it was recommended that this issue should remain on the agenda of the Permanent Council; and TAKING NOTE ALSO of the results of the special meeting of the CAJP on implementation of the Inter-American Program for the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants, Including Migrant Workers and Their Families, held pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 2224 (XXXVI-O/06), on February 13, 2007, RESOLVES: To request the Permanent Council to arrange for the working meetings needed to establish a special committee on migration issues as a specialized committee of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States in order to analyze migration issues and flows from an integral perspective, taking into account the relevant provisions of international law, especially international human rights law, and maintaining for that purpose close contact with the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs and the Special Rapporteurship on Migrant Workers and Their Families of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). To urge member states to make voluntary contributions to support the activities of the Special Rapporteur on Migrant Workers and Their Families of the IACHR, and the Inter-American Program for the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants, Including Migrant Workers and Their Families. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session on the implementation of this resolution. AG/RES. 2327 (XXXVII-O/07) PROMOTION AND STRENGTHENING OF DEMOCRACY: FOLLOW-UP TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CHARTER (Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 5, 2007) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REAFFIRMING the provisions of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the essential purposes identified therein; AWARE that the Charter of the Organization of American States establishes in its preamble “that representative democracy is an indispensable condition for the stability, peace and development of the region” and that one of the essential purposes of the Organization is “[t]o promote and consolidate representative democracy, with due respect for the principle of nonintervention”; AWARE ALSO that Article 34 of the Charter of the Organization of American States establishes that “[t]he Member States agree that equality of opportunity, the elimination of extreme poverty, equitable distribution of wealth and income and the full participation of their peoples in decisions relating to their own development are, among others, basic objectives of integral development”; REAFFIRMING that the participatory nature of democracy in our countries in different aspects of public life contributes to the consolidation of democratic values and to freedom and solidarity in the Hemisphere; RECOGNIZING that the Inter-American Democratic Charter establishes that “[e]ssential elements of representative democracy include, inter alia, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, access to and the exercise of power in accordance with the rule of law, the holding of periodic, free, and fair elections based on secret balloting and universal suffrage as an expression of the sovereignty of the people, the pluralistic system of political parties and organizations, and the separation of powers and independence of the branches of government”; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT resolutions AG/RES. 2154 (XXXV-O/05), “Promotion of Regional Cooperation for Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” and AG/RES. 2251 (XXXVI-O/06), “Promotion of Regional Cooperation for Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter on the Occasion of its Fifth Anniversary”; HAVING SEEN the reports of the Permanent Council on the implementation of resolutions AG/RES. 2044 (XXXIV-O/04) and AG/RES. 2045 (XXXIV-O/04) (CP/doc.4024/05 and CP/CISC-182/05), resolution AG/RES. 2119 (XXXV-O/05), and the report of the Secretary General on the implementation of resolution AG/RES. 1993 (XXXIV-O/04) (CP/CISC-174/05); AWARE that, in the Declaration of Mexico, the ministers of education of the Hemisphere recognized the importance of raising cultural awareness and promoting democratic values in present and future generations, especially in education as a key means of strengthening democratic institutions; REAFFIRMING the commitment of the member states of the Organization to the full exercise and application in the Hemisphere of the democratic principles and values set forth in the OAS Charter and the Inter-American Democratic Charter, with due respect for the principle of nonintervention; RECALLING that the Inter-American Democratic Charter reaffirmed that the promotion and protection of human rights is a basic prerequisite for the existence of a democratic society, and recognized the importance of the continuous development and strengthening of the inter-American human rights system for the consolidation of democracy; RECALLING ALSO that in the Declaration of Mar del Plata of the Fourth Summit of the Americas, the Heads of State and Government reiterated their “commitment to the OAS Charter and the Inter-American Democratic Charter” and reaffirmed their “resolve to strengthen their full and effective implementation”; NOTING that the Declaration of Mar del Plata, “Creating Jobs to Fight Poverty and Strengthen Democratic Governance,” reaffirmed the “commitment to fight poverty, inequality, hunger, and social exclusion in order to raise the standard of living of our peoples and strengthen democratic governance in the Americas”; CONSIDERING the Declaration of Nuevo León of the Special Summit of the Americas, which reaffirmed the Hemisphere’s commitment to democracy and reiterated the commitment to the full application of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which constitutes an element of regional identity, and, projected internationally, is a hemispheric contribution to the community of nations; RECALLING that the Declaration on Security in the Americas reaffirmed the commitment of states to full observance of the Inter-American Democratic Charter; to its values, principles, and mechanisms; and to strengthening the inter-American system for the protection of human rights; and recommended that action be taken to promote democratic culture in keeping with the provisions of the Inter-American Democratic Charter; TAKING NOTE of the presentation to the Permanent Council on April 10, 2007, of the report of the Secretary General on the Inter-American Democratic Charter, pursuant to resolutions AG/RES. 2154 (XXXV-O/05), “Promotion of Regional Cooperation for Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” and AG/RES. 2251 (XXXVI-O/06), “Promotion of Regional Cooperation for Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter on the Occasion of Its Fifth Anniversary,” as well as the subsequent debate and the comments made on the report by various member states; BEARING IN MIND the Declaration of Santiago on Democracy and Public Trust: A New Commitment to Good Governance for the Americas [AG/DEC. 31 (XXXIII-O/03)]; RECALLING that Article 26 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states that “[t]he OAS will continue to carry out programs and activities designed to promote democratic principles and practices and strengthen a democratic culture in the Hemisphere, bearing in mind that democracy is a way of life based on liberty and enhancement of economic, social, and cultural conditions for the peoples of the Americas. The OAS will consult and cooperate on an ongoing basis with member states and take into account the contributions of civil society organizations working in those fields”; RECALLING ALSO that the Inter-American Democratic Charter contains a chapter entitled “Democracy and Electoral Observation Missions,” which states that member states, in the exercise of their sovereignty, may request that the Organization provide advisory services or assistance for strengthening and developing their electoral institutions and processes; REAFFIRMING solidarity and inter-American cooperation as an effective means of promoting and strengthening democratic governance in the respective countries; CONSIDERING that the Inter-American Democratic Charter states that the strengthening of political parties and other political organizations is a priority for democracy; and Directory: dil dil -> Curriculum vitae md. 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