OEA/Ser.G
CP/RES. 633 (995/94) corr. 1
11 July 1994
Original: Spanish

CP/RES. 633 (995/94)

SITUATION OF THE OAS/UN INTERNATIONAL CIVILIAN MISSION
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

CONSIDERING:

The importance to the democratic process in Haiti of the International Civilian Missionestablished on October 8, 1991 by the Ad Hoc Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, at therequest of the legitimate President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide;

That on July 11 this year, the de facto authorities in Haiti proceeded to declare the members of the OAS/UN International Civilian Mission to be undesirable and gave them 48 hours to leave Haitian territory;

That on July 11, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States issued a joint statement in which they expressed their most vehement protest in the face of this deplorable event; and

That the Report submitted by the Acting Secretary General to the Permanent Council reports to this special meeting consultations and steps taken with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Special Envoy of both Secretaries-General, as well as with the Executive Director of the OAS/UN International Civilian Mission,

RESOLVES:

  1. To condemn and strongly repudiate this new illegal action by the de facto authorities in Haiti against the OAS/UN International Civilian Mission in decreeing the expulsion of the OAS/UN International Civilian Mission whereby they seek to prevent it from carrying out its mandate, and especially, that of monitoring the human rights situation in Haiti.
  2. To hold the de facto authorities of Haiti responsible for the security and personal safety of the members of the OAS/UN International Civilian Mission.
  3. To highlight the valiant effort by the OAS/UN International Civilian Mission, and to express to it its unconditional support and its solidarity.
  4. To continue to observe the situation in Haiti and to maintain due communication with the United Nations Security Council concerning this matter.
  5. To request the Acting Secretary General to forward this resolution to the United Nations Secretary-General and to circulate it as widely as possible.

CP0925.94I(1) .