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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- To recommend to the Inter-American Juridical Committee that it retain study of the
Right to Information on its agenda.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To reiterate the importance of the Course on International Law organized by the
Inter-American Juridical Committee in collaboration with the General Secretariat
.
- 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).
- To take note of the agenda adopted by the Inter-American Juridical Committee for its
next regular session.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Assembly 1994 Resolutions