CP/RES. 922 (1610/07)

PLACE AND DATE OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

(Approved by the Permanent Council at its meeting of September 26, 2007
and modified at the Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly
at its meeting held October 12, 2007)

 

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that, pursuant to Articles 54 and 55 of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), the General Assembly is responsible for determining the quotas with which each of the member states is to contribute to the maintenance of the Organization;

RECALLING the mandate issued by the General Assembly at its thirty-first special session by way of resolution AG/RES. 1 (XXXI-E/06), instructing the Permanent Council to continue considering a draft methodology for assessing quotas to the member states–one that will take into account the criteria established in Article 55 of the OAS Charter and current data on the ability to pay of the member countries;

CONSIDERING:

That the group of experts convened by the Secretary General to fulfill the mandates contained in resolutions AG/RES. 2257 (XXXVI-O/06) and AG/RES. 2353 (XXXVII-O/07) has completed its work and presented its conclusions and recommendations on a proposed methodology for determining the scale of quota assessments of the member states; and

That the special session to adopt a methodology for assessing the quotas of member states that will enter into force in 2009 has been convened by resolution AG/RES. 2353 (XXXVII-O/07),

RESOLVES:

To establish that the thirty-fourth special session of the General Assembly will be held on November 13, 2007, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Organization, in order to adopt a methodology for assigning the quotas of member states that will enter into force in 2009 and apply to subsequent years.