General
Assembly 1995 Resolutions(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
The report of the Permanent Council on the study of the execution and financing of special activities arising from the application of resolution AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91) (AG/doc.3220/95); and
Resolution AG/RES. 1248 (XXIII-O/93), operative paragraph 1 of which instructed the Permanent Council to examine all aspects regarding the implementation and financing of special activities of the Organization stemming from relevant decisions of the General Assembly and ad hoc Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs to assist member states in preserving and strengthening representative democracy in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91);
CONSIDERING that, through operative paragraph 2 of resolution AG/RES. 1281 (XXIV-O/94), the Permanent Council was instructed to continue its study of the matter referred to in operative paragraph 2 of resolution AG/RES. 1248 (XXIII-O/93), in order to achieve a clear and exact definition of both the procedures and the measures which the Organization should adopt to implement and finance the special activities resulting from the application of resolution AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91);
BEARING IN MIND that over the last few years the Organization has taken a number of decisions aimed at the strengthening, defense, and promotion of democracy in the Hemisphere; and
RECOGNIZING:
That the purpose of identifying a mechanism for execution and financing of special activities arising from the application of resolution AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91) is to provide stable, predictable, and timely financing;
That the special activities of the Organization arising from the relevant decisions of the ad hoc Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and special sessions of the General Assembly need to be adequately executed and financed, and carried out in a more orderly, efficient, and transparent manner, in particular with respect to the use of resources; and
The importance of participation by permanent observers in these special activities undertaken by the Organization,
RESOLVES:
To adopt the following mechanism for executing and financing special activities arising from the application of resolution AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91):
MECHANISM FOR EXECUTING AND FINANCING SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ARISING FROM THE APPLICATION OF RESOLUTION AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91)
I. OBJECTIVE
To identify mechanisms for executing and financing those special activities of the Organization stemming from the relevant decisions of the ad hoc Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and special sessions of the General Assembly, in fulfillment of resolution AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91), that could not be funded under Regular Fund programs.
II. FINANCING
A. Activities will be funded through budgetary authorization for unforeseen mandates or political developments provided for in the current program-budget (subprogram 30L), which, as of the 1996-97 program-budget, should be referred to as "support for special activities of the Organization arising from the application of resolution AG/RES. 1080 (XXI-O/91)."
B. The corresponding budgetary authorization should be in the amount of up to US$1,000,000 charged against unused appropriations or other available resources from previous biennia.
C. Financing for the special activities may be supplemented with voluntary contributions.
III. FOLLOW-UP AND SUPERVISION OF EXECUTION
A. Through the Permanent Council, the General Assembly or the ad hoc Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be in charge of follow-up and supervision of the special activities.
B. The Secretary General, in consultation with the President of the ad hoc Meeting or, as appropriate, with the President of the special session of the General Assembly, shall submit to the Permanent Council for consideration a plan for implementing the pertinent decisions of the ad hoc Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and special sessions of the General Assembly, and report periodically to the Council on the implementation thereof.
C. The Secretary General shall present to the Permanent Council by December 31, 1995, for its consideration and approval, ad referendum to the General Assembly, draft regulations governing the use of resources under this mechanism, specifying, inter alia:
- The maximum amount of resources the Secretary General may use in any particular instance without prior consideration by the Permanent Council to ensure the execution of urgent actions.
- The period of time within which the Secretary General must submit the plan referred to in paragraph B, supra, to the Permanent Council; and
- The procedure by which timely information may be provided on the use of resources from voluntary contributions.
2. To express its satisfaction with the important work done and to thank the General Committee's Working Group charged with this topic for facilitating full implementation of General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 1248 (XXIII-O/93), adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-third regular session.