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CD/RES. 01 (1-D/05)

NEW PLACE AND DATE OF THE
80^th REGULAR MEETING OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL

(Adopted on 30 June, 2005 by the majority of Member states
through voting by correspondence)

THE DIRECTING COUNCIL,

HAVING SEEN:

The selection of the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as the place for holding the 80^th Regular Meeting of the Directing Council of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN) in October 2005 –Resolution CD/RES. 15 (79-04);

CONSIDERING:

1. That article 16 in the Statute and article 36 in the Rules of Procedure of the IIN currently in force allow for “resolving on extremely urgent matters” and adopting decisions by correspondence;

2. That the position of Director General of the IIN is vacant since 26 May 2005;

3. That on 1^st June, 2005 the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS temporarily appointed Mr. Julio Rosenblatt as Officer in Charge of the IIN Office;

4. That on 16 June 2005 the OAS Secretary General requested the President of the Directing Council of the IIN, Ana Teresa Aranda, to take the necessary steps pursuant to the Statute and the Rules of Procedure in order to submit for the consideration of the Secretary General a three-candidate slate for the position of Director General of the IIN for his promptest decision;

5. That the Secretary General of the OAS has deemed suitable the election of a three-candidate slate for the position of Director General in the understanding that it will provide the Directing Council the opportunity to evaluate the candidates in the light of the new requirements and will ensure that they have the necessary and relevant technical expertise;

6. That through its note DPD 238-05 dated 14 June, 2005 the Government of Honduras expressed its impossibility of hosting the 80^th Regular Meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN;

7. That through its note dated 15 June, 2005 the Government of Mexico offered the city of Mexico, D.F. as an alternate place to hold the 80^th Regular Meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN;

1. To bring forward the date of the 80^th Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Children’s Institute to the month of August, 2005.

2. To thank and accept the offer made by the Government of Mexico and hold the 80^th Regular Meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN in the city of Mexico, D.F.

3. To entrust the Office of the Director General to convene immediately the 80^th Regular Meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN.

4. To entrust the Office of the Director General to request the Member states to appoint their candidates to the slate for the position of Director General and to establish 1^st August, 2005 as the deadline for such appointment, pursuant to the terms and proceedings provided for in the IIN currently regulatory framework.

5. To provide for the widest possible dissemination of both the above request for candidate appointment to the slate and the call for the 80^th Regular Meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN.