THIRTY-EIGHTH REGULAR SESSIONOEA/Ser.P

June 1 to 3, 2008AG/doc.4774/08 rev. 2

Medellín, Colombia2 June 2008

Original:Spanish

AGENDA

(Approved at the first plenary session, held June 2, 2008)

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AGENDA

(Approved at the first plenary session, held June 2, 2008)

  1. Adoption of the agenda of the General Assembly
  1. Adoption of the recommendations of the Preparatory Committee by the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth regular session
  1. Annual report of the General Secretariat on the activities and financial condition of the Organization
  1. Report of the Secretary General on credentials
  1. Annual Report of the Permanent Council
  1. Observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council on the annual reports of the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization

a.Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)

b.Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI)

c.Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

d.Inter-American Court of Human Rights

e.Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

f.Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

g.Administrative Tribunal (TRIBAD)

h.Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM)

i.Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)

j.Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)

k.Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN)

l.Inter-American Indian Institute (III)

m.Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)

n.JusticeStudiesCenter of the Americas (JSCA)

o.Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)

p.Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)

  1. Election of officers of organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization
  1. Three members of the Inter-American Juridical Committee
  2. One member of the Board of External Auditors to Examine the Accounts of the General Secretariat
  3. One member of the Administrative Tribunal of the OAS
  4. Three members of the JusticeStudiesCenter of the Americas
  5. Three governmental experts to examine the periodic progress reports of the states parties to the Protocol of San Salvador
  • One alternate governmental expert
  • One independent expert and one alternate independent expert designated by the Secretary General
  1. Guidelines for the program-budget of the Organization for 2009, and quotas and contributions of the member states
  1. The Question of the MalvinasIslands
  1. Continuing participation in the Inter-American Council for Integral Development by member states that have not ratified the Protocol of Managua
  1. Promotion and strengthening of democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American Democratic Charter
  1. Oliver Jackman Voluntary Capital Fund to finance the inter-American human rights system
  1. Youth and democratic values
  1. Coordination of volunteers in the Hemisphere in response to natural disasters and the fight against hunger and poverty – White Helmets Initiative
  1. Strengthening hemispheric cooperation in the framework of efforts by the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission to promote telecommunicationsdevelopment in the region
  1. Disarmament and nonproliferation education
  1. Support for action against antipersonnel mines in Ecuador and Peru
  1. Protocol of San Salvador: Composition and functioning of the Working Group to Examine the Periodic Reports of the States Parties
  1. Support for the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
  1. Inter-American Program for the Development of International Law
  1. Observations and recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee
  1. Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas: Support for the REMJA process
  1. Right to the truth
  1. The Americas as an antipersonnel-land-mine-free zone
  1. Confidence- and security-building in the Americas
  1. Protecting humanrights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
  1. Support for the work of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism
  1. Inter-American support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
  1. Follow-up to the Special Conference on Security
  1. Follow-up on the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the Inter-American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption
  1. Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance
  1. Internally displacedpersons
  1. Social Charter of the Americas: Renewal of the hemispheric commitment to fight extreme poverty in the region
  1. Promotion of the International Criminal Court
  1. Human rights defenders: Support for the individuals, groups, and organizations of civil society working to promote and protect human rights in the Americas
  1. Strengthening the activities of the JusticeStudiesCenter of the Americas
  1. Study of the rights and the care of persons under any form of detention or imprisonment
  1. Situation of the Inter-American Indian Institute
  1. Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law
  1. Inter-AmericanProgram for Universal Civil Registry and “the Right to Identity”
  1. Right to freedom of thought and expression and the importance of the media
  1. Access to public information: Strengthening democracy
  1. The human rights of all migrant workers and their families
  1. Observations and recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  1. Strengthening ofhuman rights systems pursuant to the mandates arising from the Summits of the Americas
  2. Observations and recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
  1. Promotion of and respect for international humanitarian law
  1. American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  1. Personswho have disappeared and assistance to members of their families
  1. Protection of asylum seekers and refugees in the Americas
  1. Addressing illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons: Stockpile management and security
  1. Consolidation of the regime established in the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
  1. Promotion of hemispheric cooperation in dealing with criminal gangs
  1. Free trade and investment in the Hemisphere
  1. Increasing and strengthening civil society participation in activities of the Organization of American States and in the Summits of the Americasprocess
  1. Natural disaster reduction, risk management, and assistance in natural and other disaster situations
  1. Implementation of the Declaration of Recife
  1. Celebration of the centennial of the headquarters of the Organization of American States
  1. Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices
  1. Inter-American Year of Women
  1. Strengthening of the Inter-American Commission of Women
  1. Promotion of women’s human rights and gender equity and equality
  1. Special security concerns of the small island states of the Caribbean
  1. Migrantpopulations and migrationflows in the Americas
  1. Mechanism to Follow Up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará”
  1. Support for implementation at the hemispheric level of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)
  1. Execution of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime
  1. Appointment of women to senior management positions at the Organization of American States
  1. Promotion of corporate social responsibility in the Hemisphere
  1. Modernization and use ofelectoral technologies in the Hemisphere
  1. Support for andfollow-up to the Summits of the Americasprocess
  1. Program of Action for the Decade of the Americas for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (2006-2016) and support for its Technical Secretariat (SEDISCAP)
  1. Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials
  1. Citizen participation and strengthening of democracy in the Americas
  1. Strengthening of the national human rights systems of the member states and support for the work of defenders of the people, defenders of the population, and human rights attorneys or commissioners (ombudsmen)
  1. Hemispheric cooperation efforts to combat trafficking in persons and Second Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons
  1. Obligation of the member states to respect the rules, principles, and essential purposes contained in the Charter of the Organization of American States, in order to preserve and strengthenpeace in the Hemisphere
  1. Civil society organizations and the protection of human rights and promotion of democracy
  1. Mandates from the program-budget of the Organization for 2008, quotas and contributions to Femcidi for 2008
  1. Strengthening partnership for development: Policy dialogue, technical cooperation, structure, and mechanisms
  1. Poverty, equity, and social inclusion: Follow-up to the Declaration of Margarita
  1. Eradicating illiteracy and fighting diseases that affect integral development
  1. First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development within the Framework of CIDI
  1. Report of the XV Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor
  1. Report of the Fifth Meeting of Ministers of Education within the Framework of CIDI
  1. Support for efforts to eradicate child malnutrition in the Americas
  1. Inter-American Meeting on Improving the Availability of, and Access to, Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Services
  1. Report on the maritime problem of Bolivia
  1. The situation of human rights and democracy in Haiti
  1. Support for interregional cooperation
  1. 60th anniversary of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
  1. Second Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Science and Technology in the Framework of CIDI
  1. Eradication of hunger: 2008 -International Year of the Potato
  1. Simón Bolívar Humanitarian Task Force
  1. Education on human rights in formal education in the Americas and the role of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in this area
  1. Strengthening the role of national human rights institutions at the OAS
  1. Quota adjustment
  1. The socioeconomic and environmental impact of climatechange in the countries of the Hemisphere
  1. Forms of discrimination and intolerance