AG/RES. 1340 (XXV-O/95)

EVALUATION OF THE OFFICES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT IN THE MEMBER STATES

(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council pertaining to evaluation of the Offices of the General Secretariat in the Member States (AG/doc.3228/95);

CONSIDERING:

That, in resolution AG/RES. 1174 (XXII-O/92), the Permanent Council was asked to consider, pursuant to Article 90.f of the Charter, the annual reports which the General Secretariat must present to that body concerning the operation of its Offices in the member states and to present to the General Assembly such observations and recommendations as it might deem pertinent; and

That resolution AG/RES. 1276 (XXIV-O/94) extended the aforementioned mandate and requested the Permanent Council to instruct the Working Group on the Strengthening of the OAS to study and recommend the necessary measures to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth regular session; and

TAKING NOTE of the working paper entitled "A New Vision of the OAS" presented by the Secretary General of the Organization, as it applies to the Offices of the General Secretariat in the Member States,

RESOLVES:

  1. To take note of the report of the Permanent Council pertaining to evaluation of the Offices of the General Secretariat in the Member States.

  2. To request the Secretary General to present to the Permanent Council, in the course of the second half of 1995, a study containing specific proposals on the future of the Offices and, should they continue to function, outlining steps to improve them and ensure their efficiency, taking account of the work, recommendations, and report of the Subgroup of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the OAS.

  3. To request that the Permanent Council, taking into account the study presented to it by the Secretary General, submit a report on the future of the Offices of the General Secretariat in the Member States, to be considered by the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth regular session.

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