AG/RES. 1514 (XXVII-O/97)
COORDINATION AND FOLLOW-UP OF THE DECLARATION OF
SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA AND THE PLAN OF ACTION
FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAS
(Resolution adopted at the seventh plenary session, held on June 5, 1997)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the report of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) on
coordination and follow-up of the Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Plan of
Action for the Sustainable Development of the Americas (AG/doc.3540/97);
BEARING IN MIND:
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";
and
Resolution CIDI/CIDS/RES. 1 (I-97), "Coordination and Follow-up to the Summit of
the Americas on Sustainable Development"; and
RECALLING:
Resolution AG/RES. 1440 (XXVI-O/96), "Sustainable Development"; and
The Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Plan of Action for the Sustainable
Development of the Americas, adopted by the heads of state and government at the Summit of
the Americas on Sustainable Development, held in Bolivia, in December 1996,
RESOLVES:
- To take note of the report of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development
(CIDI) on coordination and follow-up of the Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the
Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Americas.
- To assign high priority to the tasks of coordination and follow-up of the decisions of
the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development entrusted to the Organization of
American States, and to study the progress made in the implementation of the Plan of
Action, in compliance with the agreements contained in the Declaration of Santa Cruz de la
Sierra and the Plan of Action on the Sustainable Development of the Americas, as well as
those in CIDI's Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development 1997-2001.
- To note with satisfaction the efforts made by CIDI, the Inter-American Committee on
Sustainable Development, and the Working Group of the Permanent Executive Committee of
CIDI (CEPCIDI) to support coordination and follow-up of the programs and activities that
the Organization develops in this area.
- To support the convening of the Special Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on
Sustainable Development (CIDS) and the ministerial meeting of CIDI on sustainable
development, to take place before the Summit of the Americas in Santiago, to follow up on
the implementation of the Declaration and Plan of Action of Santa Cruz and the
Inter-American Program on Sustainable Development.
- To recommend to CIDI that, through CEPCIDI, it establish immediately an ad hoc
committee on sustainable development to support the preparation of the meetings mentioned
in the preceding paragraph, including the development of the respective draft agendas and
consideration of the pertinent documents, and that it support coordination and follow-up
of the decisions of the Declaration and Plan of Action of Santa Cruz and other mandates
entrusted to CIDS and to the Working Group on Sustainable Development through CIDI/RES. 11
(II-O/97).
- To instruct the General Secretariat to give its full support to the ad hoc Committee in
carrying out the mandates entrusted to it. To this end, the Executive Secretariat for
Integral Development shall coordinate the necessary support tasks with the pertinent
entities within the General Secretariat and, in particular, with the Unit for Sustainable
Development.
- To support the Secretary General's efforts to prepare the report on progress made in
implementing the decisions of the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development, to be
made available prior to the 1998 Summit of the Americas.
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