AG/RES. 1513 (XXVII-O/97)
INTER-AMERICAN PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(Resolution adopted at the seventh plenary session, held on June 5, 1997)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Resolution AG/RES. 1440 (XXVI-O/96), "Sustainable Development," and the mandates contained therein directed at the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and at its Permanent Executive Committee (CEPCIDI);
Resolution CIDI/RES. 11 (II-O/97), "Inter-American Program for Sustainable Development and Follow-up to the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development";
Resolution CIDI/CIDS/RES. 1 (I/97), "Coordination and Follow-up to the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development"; and
The report of CIDI, presented through CEPCIDI, on the Inter-American Program for Sustainable Development (CEPCIDI/doc.70/97 rev.); and
CONSIDERING:
That human beings have the right to a healthful and productive life in harmony with nature and hence are the focus of concerns related to sustainable development, and that it is necessary for development strategies to include sustainability as a vital factor in attaining economic, social, and environmental objectives in an equitable, interdependent, and integral manner; and
That the OAS should serve as a hemispheric forum to promote dialogue and the coordination of advances in the area of sustainable development; support the exchange of information on topics related to sustainable development and facilitate the direct sharing of experience among the countries, institutions, and organizations taking action in these areas; and offer to work in partnership in matters of sustainable development where it has a comparative advantage,
RESOLVES: