AG/RES. 1515 (XXVII-O/97)
REQUEST TO TRANSFORM THE INTER-AMERICAN PORT AND HARBOR
CONFERENCE INTO AN INTER-AMERICAN PORTS COMMISSION
(Resolution adopted at the seventh plenary session, held on June 5, 1997)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Articles 121 and 122 of the Charter of the Organization of American States and resolution AG/RES. 85 (II-O/72), "Standards for Inter-American Specialized Conferences";
Article 3.e of the Statutes of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI);
Resolution CIDI/RES. 19 (II-O/97), "Proposal to Transform the Inter-American Port and Harbor Conference into the Inter-American Ports Commission"; and
The report of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development on the request to transform the Inter-American Port and Harbor Conference into an Inter-American Ports Commission (CEPCIDI/doc.75/97); and
CONSIDERING:
The importance of port and harbor systems for the processes of economic and social development and, particularly, for communications, transportation, trade, and regional integration; and
Operative paragraph 1 of resolution CIDI/RES. 18 (II-O/97), "Specialized Conferences," in which CIDI resolves "to instruct the Permanent Executive Committee of CIDI (CEPCIDI) to study those Specialized Conferences whose topics correspond to the areas of inter-American cooperation within the purview of CIDI, with a view to making recommendations, as appropriate, to adapt and reorient their work and structure in accordance with the Strategic Plan,"
RESOLVES: