CP/RES. 897 (1526/06)

CONVOCATION OF THE THIRTY-FIRST SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 (Adopted at its session held on January 24, 2006)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

BEARING IN MIND that, in accordance with Articles 54 and 55 of the Charter of the Organization of American States, the General Assembly approves the program-budget of the Organization and establishes “the bases for fixing the quota that each Government is to contribute to the maintenance of the Organization, taking into account the ability to pay of the respective countries and their determination to contribute in an equitable manner”;

CONSIDERING that the General Assembly of the Organization, in its resolution AG/RES. 2157 (XXXV-O/05), instructed the Permanent Council to “finalize, with the assistance of the General Secretariat, a draft proposal for a revised scale of Regular Fund quota assessments for 2007, based on Article 55 of the Charter and taking note of the most recent scale of assessments approved by the United Nations, as well as the proposals prepared by the General Secretariat for this purpose”;

NOTING that the aforementioned resolution AG/RES. 2157 (XXXV-O/05) instructed the Permanent Council to convene a special session of the OAS General Assembly for no later than January 31, 2006; and

RESOLVES:

1. To convene the thirty-first special session of the General Assembly, in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 2157 (XXXV-O/05), for the purpose of:

i. Considering the proposal for a revised scale of quota assessments, which, in accordance with Article 55 of the Charter, takes into account “the ability to pay of the respective countries and their determination to contribute in an equitable manner”;

ii. Establishing the ceiling of the 2007 budget; and

iii. Considering any other matter that might improve the financial situation of the Organization.

2. To establish January 30 and 31, 2006 as the dates for holding the thirty-first special session of the General Assembly at OAS headquarters.