AG/RES. 1524 (XXVII-O/97)
STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL
FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT
(Resolution adopted at the seventh plenary session, held on June 5, 1997)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
The Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development 1997-2001, which reiterates the role of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) as a forum for hemispheric dialogue, as a catalyst for and promoter of cooperation activities, and as a mechanism for facilitating the exchange of information, experiences, and knowledge; indicates the need for the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) to increase their resources for cooperation activities, insofar as their means and their legal domestic requirements allow; and gives special attention to the needs of countries with smaller or relatively less developed economies; and
The Statutes of the Special Multilateral Fund of CIDI (FEMCIDI), which promote the diversification of financing mechanisms by highlighting the possibility that the permanent observers and other member states of the United Nations, as well as national or international public and private entities, may participate in the financing of partnership for development activities through specific funds and trust funds;
BEARING IN MIND:
The opinions expressed by the countries at the Second Regular Meeting of CIDI and at this regular session of the General Assembly regarding the need for more active participation by a larger number of countries to increase partnership for development activities within the framework of the Strategic Plan and the working mechanisms of CIDI; and
That some member states have decided to move toward becoming net providers of cooperation by strengthening their participation in multilateral programs and projects; and
RECOGNIZING:
That the increase in the number of net providers of cooperation in order to reinforce the Organization's partnership activities will make it possible to consolidate the OAS as an inter-American forum, as a mechanism for the exchange of experiences and information, and as a promoter of multilateral cooperation programs; to create favorable conditions to meet the partnership for development needs of the countries with smaller or relatively less developed economies; to promote more active participation by the permanent observers and other countries and multilateral cooperation institutions; and to contribute to the attainment of greater political balance within the Organization,
RESOLVES: