PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.G
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES CP/CSH-1750/16 rev. 5
1 May 2017
COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY Original: Spanish
WORK PLAN AND CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY FOR THE 2016-2017 TERM AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE OAS IN THE SECURITY AREA
(Approved by the Committee at its meeting held on September 29, 2016[1]/)
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WORK PLAN AND CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY FOR THE 2016-2017 TERM AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE OAS IN THE SECURITY AREA
I. INTRODUCTION
At its regular meeting of July 13, 2016, the Permanent Council installed the Committee on Hemispheric Security (CSH) for the 2016-2017 term.
The purpose of this Work Plan and Calendar of Activities is to organize the work of the CSH for the 2016 to 2017 period, so that it may carry out its general activities prior to the forty-seventh regular session of the General Assembly.
The programmed activities include three meetings held as part of the CSH at the request of the General Assembly, as well as 19 meetings to conduct the institutional follow-up of topics and to negotiate the draft omnibus resolution for the next regular session of the General Assembly.
II. OFFICERS
For the period covered by this Work Plan and Calendar, the Permanent Council, at its regular meeting of August 31, 2016, elected Ambassador Diego Pary, Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the OAS, as Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security (CSH).
III. MANDATES
Under Article 20 of the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council, the CSH has the functions of studying and making recommendations to the Permanent Council on any matters relating to hemispheric security that may be entrusted to it by the Permanent Council and, through it, by the General Assembly, in particular with a view to promoting cooperation in this area.
The Permanent Council, in keeping with Article 30 of its Rules of Procedure, assigned the following mandates to the CSH:
A. From the forty-sixth regular session, 2016: [2]/
1. Follow-up on the implementation of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16) “Advancing Hemispheric Security: A Multidimensional Approach””
B. From the forty-sixth special session, September 2014:[3]/
2. Follow-up on the implementation of resolution AG/RES. 1 (XLVI-E/14): “Reflections and Guidelines to Formulate and Follow up on Comprehensive Policies to Address the World Drug Problem in the Americas.” (Operative paragraph 8)
C. From the OAS Charter:
3. Presentation by the members states of observations and recommendations on the annual reports of the following organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization (Article 91 (f) of the OAS Charter):
a) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
b) Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)
c) Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)
D. Other current mandates:
1. Consideration of the Four-Year Work Plan, Hemispheric Security pillar Resolutions CP/RES. 1061/16 and CP/RES. 1067/16.
a. Current mandates relating to the Hemispheric Security pillar:
i. Mandates arising from application of the first criterion of the Methodology for the Prioritization of Mandates, annex I of Resolution CP/RES. 1061/16
ii. Mandates A, A/B, and A/C contained in document GT/VE 3/15 rev. 1, Annex III of resolution CP/RES. 1061/16.
IV. PROCEDURE
Bearing in mind the best practices of previous years and with a view to improving the efficient use of the assigned resources, the following working methodology is proposed:
A. Preparation of events to be held by the CSH:
During the 2016-2017 term, the following events will be scheduled as part of the CSH:
1. Sixth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA VI), Honduras, second half of 2017. [4]/
2. First Meeting of the Subsidiary Technical Working Group on the Prevention of Crime, Violence, and Insecurity (Quito, Ecuador, fourth quarter 2016)
3. Fifth Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons (Mexico, July 2017)
4. Meeting of National Points of Contact (Fighting Transnational Organized Crime)
5. Seventh Forum on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (OAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.)
6. Meeting on the Special Concerns of Small Island States (OAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.)
7. Meeting of Experts on the Protection of Critical Infrastructure in Situations of Natural Disasters (OAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.).
According to the mandate and in keeping with the established practice, the preparations for the first two events will be carried out by the working groups set up for this purpose.
For the remaining four events, the Chair requests that the delegations submit their suggestions for agenda items. Any proposals should include suggestions for the topics that will be addressed at each event, as well as the panelists that should be invited, with the understanding that the CSH will not be responsible for covering the expenses incurred by said panelists at these meetings.
Based on these suggestions and observations, the Chair will prepare the draft order of business for each of these events, which will be considered by the Committee.
B. Follow-up on institutional topics
The Calendar will include activities for following up on institutional matters, in each case specifying the topic under consideration. The agendas for these meetings will be prepared by the Chair, taking into consideration the suggestions put forth by the delegations. The goal is to discharge fully and satisfactorily all of the mandates assigned to the CSH by the General Assembly and/or Permanent Council for this term.
To assist delegations in their consideration of priority matters in the CSH, at the start of the Committee’s meetings, the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security will present, as appropriate and when deemed necessary, pertinent information on the background, current status, and/or future plans regarding said matters.
C. Negotiation of the draft omnibus resolution
Bearing in mind the best practices of previous years and with a view to optimizing the time and resources available, at the end of December, the Chair will present a proposed methodology to organize and simplify the negotiation of the proposed texts to be included in the draft omnibus resolution that will be presented to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh regular session.
The Chair will submit a first draft of the draft omnibus resolution at the beginning of March 2017, which will be expanded and amended by the Committee. To this end, the Chair hopes to closely collaborate with the delegations who have historically taken the lead on the various topics, as well as those that may be interested in spearheading specific topics, in order to promote a system of informal consultations. This would enable, to the extent possible, the Committee to consider texts that already have a certain degree of consensus.
V. General considerations
This Work Plan and Calendar of Activities will serve as a general framework for the Group’s activities during the 2016-2017 term. Any necessary amendments may be incorporated in order to discharge the assigned tasks and attain optimal results.
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APPENDIX – CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES 2016-2017 /ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY / OTHER OAS ACTIVITIES IN THE SECURITY AREA /
2016 / 2016
September 13-15:
Group of Experts of Maritime Drug Trafficking (Cartagena, Colombia)
Thursday, September 15 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Election of CSH First, Second, and Third Vice Chairs
· Presentation of the Draft CSH Work Plan and Calendar of Activities for 2016 – 2017, (CP/CSH-1750/16)
· Presentation of the tasks in the Four-Year Strategic Plan for the “Multidimensional Security” Pillar, CP/RES. 1061/16 and CP/RES. 1067/16
· Combating transnational organized crime, paragraph 9 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Questionnaire to assess the level of implementation of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime
September 27: Regular Meeting No. B 1378 of the Council of Delegates of the IAD
September 26, 27, and 28:
Third in-person meeting of the Working Group to prepare CICAD’s 2016-2020 Plan of Action on the Hemispheric Drug Strategy (Washington, D.C.)
September 28 and 29:
XLIII Meeting of the CICAD Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering (GELAVEX) (Punta Cana, Dom. Rep.)
Thursday, September 29 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Consideration of the Draft Work Plan and Calendar of Activities of the CSH 2016 – 2017 (CP/CSH-1750/16 rev. 1)
· Protection of critical infrastructure in the event of natural disasters, paragraph 45 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Preparations for the meeting of experts
· Four-Year Strategic Plan for the “Multidimensional Security” Pillar, CP/RES. 1061/16 and CP/RES. 1067/16.
o Presentation of the results of the informal meeting, by the Committee Chair
o Presentation by the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security (SMS)
o Consideration of the plan by the delegations
Monday, October 3 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Consideration and adoption of the Four-Year Strategic Plan for the “Multidimensional Security” Pillar, CP/RES. 1061/16 and CP/RES. 1067/16
October 10 to 12: Twelfth Conference of Ministers of Defense of the Americas (XII CDMA), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Thursday, October 20 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA), paragraph 5 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Presentation by the Under-Secretary for Security of Honduras, Ms. Alejandra Hernández Quan
o Installation of the Working Group to Coordinate Preparations for the Sixth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA VI)
o Consideration of the Draft Resolution “Venue and Date of the Sixth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA VI)”
· Follow-up and reports, paragraph 62 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Presentation of the SMS plan of activities for the 2016-2017 term
· Inter-American Defense Board (IADB), paragraph 5 of resolution AG/RES. 2631 (XLI-O/11):
o Presentation on the Annual Work Plan, AG/RES. 2631 (XLI-O/11)
· Combating Transnational Organized Crime, paragraph 10 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Preparations for the meeting of the National Points of Contact
October 25: Regular Meeting No. 1379 of the Council of Delegates of the IADB
Thursday, October 27 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Follow-up to the Special Conference on Security, paragraphs 38 and 39 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
· Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in the Americas, paragraph 37 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Preparations for the Seventh Meeting of the Forum on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures
· Meetings of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA), paragraph 4 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Consideration of the draft resolution, Place and Dates of the First Meeting of the Subsidiary Technical Working Group on the Prevention of Crime, Violence, and Insecurity, under the Meetings of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA), CP/CSH-1761/16
o Preparations for the First Meeting of the Subsidiary Technical Working Group on the Prevention of Crime, Violence, and Insecurity
November 2-4: 60th regular session of CICAD (Nassau, Bahamas)
November 9 and 10: IADB Seminar on Humanitarian Demining
Thursday, November 10 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Report on the outcomes of the Twelfth Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA), by the Delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, which hosted that Conference
· Combating transnational organized crime, paragraph 10 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o SMS report on the responses received from the questionnaire to assess the level of implementation of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime
o Continuation of preparations for the meeting of National Points of Contact
· Hemispheric efforts to combat trafficking in persons, paragraph 15 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Establishment of the Working Group to Coordinate Preparations for the Fifth Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons
· Prevention of violence and crime, paragraph 6 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Introduction by the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security
o Presentation on the Latin America and the Caribbean Crime Victimization Survey Initiative (LACSI), given by Dr. Alejandra Gómez-Céspedes, Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization, and Justice (informative paper)
o Presentation on implementation of the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes in the Americas, given by Ms. Salomé Flores, Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization, and Justice
· Protection of critical infrastructure in the event of natural disasters, paragraph 45 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Preparations for the meeting of experts scheduled for November 17, 2016
Thursday, November 17 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Protection of Critical Infrastructure in the Event of Natural Disasters, paragraph 45 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Meeting of experts (Meeting held in the framework of the CSH, as instructed by the General Assembly)
November 22: Regular Meeting No. 1380 of the Council of Delegates of the IADB
December 2: Preparations for the 17th Regular Session of CICTE (OAS headquarters, Washington D.C.)
December 5 to 6: Fourth Conference of the States Party to the CIFTA (OAS Headquarters, Washington D.C.)
December 6 to 9: Seminar on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, at the Inter-American Defense College
December 15: Regular Meeting No. 1381 of the Council of Delegates of the IAD
2017 / 2017
First half of 2017: Eighteenth Regular Meeting of the Consultative Committee of the CIFTA (OAS Headquarters,
Washington D.C.)
Tentative date: July / First half of 2017: Fifth Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons (Place and Date: Pending)
January 10 to 12: Conference on the Global Situation, at the Inter-American Defense College
Thursday, January 12 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.):
· Combating transnational organized crime, paragraph 10 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Preparations for the meeting of the National Points of Contact
· Hemispheric efforts to combat trafficking in persons, paragraph 15 of resolution AG/RES. 2880 (XLVI-O/16)
o Election of the Chair of the Working Group to Coordinate Preparations for the Fifth Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons[5]/
January 20: Preparations for the 17th Regular Session of CICTE (OAS headquarters, Washington D.C.)
January 24: Regular Meeting No. 1382 of the Council of Delegates of the IADB
January 30 and 31: Seminar on Complex Emergencies and Large-Scale Disasters, at the Inter-American Defense College