AG/RES. 1266 (XXIV-O/94)

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE

(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 10, 1994)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the Observations and Recommendations of the Permanent Council on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (AG/doc.3077/94) and the presentation of that document by the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Jos? Luis Siqueiros; and

CONSIDERING:

That Article 53.f of the Charter of the Organization of American States establishes that one of the powers of the General Assembly is, inter alia, to consider the observations and recommendations presented by the Permanent Council in accordance with Article 90.f of the Charter on the reports of the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization;

That Article 52 of the OAS Charter establishes the InterAmerican Juridical Committee as one of the organs of the Organization; and

That the Inter-American Juridical Committee presented its annual report to the Permanent Council, which in turn presented its observations and recommendations thereon to the General Assembly,

RESOLVES:

  1. To accept the observations and recommendations made by the Permanent Council of the Organization on the annual report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee and to transmit them to the Committee.

  2. To recommend to the Inter-American Juridical Committee that, in light of the growth in regional trade, it continue its study on the most appropriate mechanisms to facilitate international action by individuals and corporate entities, in accordance with its resolution CJI/RES.I-6/94.

  3. To urge the Inter-American Juridical Committee, in accordance with its resolution CJI/RES.II-14/93, to retain on its agenda, in the manner it itself has suggested, the study of "Securities Markets: Standard Framework of the Principles Considered Essential to the Regulation of the Markets in the American Hemisphere."

  4. To urge the Inter-American Juridical Committee to give high priority to its continuing study of all aspects of the legal dimension of integration and free trade agreements, in particular methods for settling disputes, pursuant to resolution CJI/RES.I4/94, to encourage the Committee to cooperate in these matters with the Special Committee on Trade, and to take note of its resolution CJI/RES.II-15/93 whereby it eliminates the topic "Legal Obstacles to Integration" from its agenda.

  5. To request the Inter-American Juridical Committee, in accordance with its resolution CJI/RES.II-17/93, to continue its studies on improving the Administration of Justice in the Americas and to seek cooperation in this matter with governmental, intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions working in this field.

  6. To recommend to the Inter-American Juridical Committee that it retain study of the Right to Information on its agenda.

  7. To urge the Inter-American Juridical Committee to continue its studies on Democracy in the Inter-American System, given that this is one of the basic topics on the Organization's agenda.

  8. To recommend to the Permanent Council that if at all possible, it establish the scope and modalities of the cooperation it requests from the Inter-American Juridical Committee in carrying out tasks relating to Environmental Law.

  9. To note, with satisfaction, the meeting the InterAmerican Juridical Committee organized with legal advisors and consultants of ministries of foreign affairs of various OAS member states, and to encourage the Juridical Committee to continue to hold such meetings, with the support of the General Secretariat.

  10. To reiterate the importance of the Course on International Law organized by the Inter-American Juridical Committee in collaboration with the General Secretariat

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  11. To recommend to the Inter-American Juridical Committee that, in compliance with Article 32 of its Statutes and Article 108 of the OAS Charter, it continue, with the assistance of the General Secretariat, to coordinate its activities with the juridical activities carried out by international organizations at the regional and global levels, and particularly regional and subregional agencies for integration, the United Nations, the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).

  12. To take note of the agenda adopted by the Inter-American Juridical Committee for its next regular session.

  13. To recognize the work of the Inter-American Juridical Committee in preparing various reports and drafts that served as a basis for the texts of the conventions adopted at the Fifth InterAmerican Specialized Conference on Private International Law, and to urge the Juridical Committee to continue to participate in the technical preparations for future inter-American specialized conferences on private international law.

  14. To express its appreciation to the Inter-American Juridical Committee for the work accomplished during the period covered by its report and for its prompt attention to the requests of the Permanent Council, and to urge it to continue carrying out its important functions, taking into account the observations and recommendations made by the Permanent Council.

  15. To urge the member states to continue to cooperate with and support the Inter-American Juridical Committee and to provide it with the resources it needs in order to better carry out its functions.

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