AG/RES. 2133 (XXXV - O/05)

INTER-AMERICAN PROGRAM OF COOPERATION TO PREVENT AND
REMEDY CASES OF INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN
BY ONE OF THEIR PARENTS

(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 7, 2005)


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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 

HAVING SEEN: 

The Annual Report of the Inter-American Children's Institute to the General Assembly (CP/doc.3994/05); 

Resolution AG/RES. 2028 (XXXIV-O/04), “Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents,” in which the General Assembly adopted that Program (AG/doc.4343/04); 

Resolution CD/RES. 18 (79-04) of the Directing Council of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN), “Implementation of the Inter-American Program of Cooperation for the Prevention and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents”; and

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, of October 25, 1980, and the Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children, of July 15, 1989;  

RECALLING that the Plan of Action of the Third Summit of the Americas, “encourage[s] cooperation to reduce cases of international abduction of children by one of their parents”; 

CONSIDERING: 

That in resolution AG/RES. 2028 (XXXIV-O/04) the General Assembly urged member states to promote the application of the Inter-American Program to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents and invited the Inter-American Children’s Institute to lend its technical support, in particular through coordination with central authorities responsible for the application of conventions and through cooperation with other international organizations having expertise in this field; 

That in resolution CD/RES. 18 (79-04) the Directing Council of the IIN requested the Director General of the IIN to invite the central authorities to an initial meeting for the purpose of implementing the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents, in the first half of 2005, contingent upon the availability of resources; and 

That the financial situation facing the IIN, as indicated in its annual report to the General Assembly, and the financial situation of the OAS, as underscored in the message of the OAS Acting Secretary General in the proposed program-budget of the Organization for 2006, have made it difficult to carry out the mandate indicated in the preceding paragraph; and recognizing also that the IIN must have appropriate funding to carry out all its activities; 

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the interest in the earliest possible implementation of the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents; and 

            TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALSO the IIN Strategic Plan 2005-2008 and the Institute’s preliminary budget adopted at the special meeting of the Directing Council of the IIN, held in Brasilia from April 25 to 27, 2005, 

RESOLVES: 

  1. To encourage member states to sign and ratify, ratify, or accede to, as the case may be, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the 1989 Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children; and to urge the states parties to either or both of those Conventions to designate the appropriate central authorities and make them operational. 

  2. To request the Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN) to consider, through its Directing Council, convening as soon as possible the Meeting of Government Experts envisaged in the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents, with special participation by the heads of the central authorities. 

  3. To request the IIN, through its Directing Council, to consider drafting the work plan envisaged in the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents, in order to carry out the various components of the Program, and to draft the agenda for the Meeting of Government Experts. 

  4. To reiterate the request that appropriate resources be allocated to the IIN in the program-budget of the Organization for the development and implementation of the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents, in the framework of the IIN Strategic Plan 2005-2008. 

  5. To instruct the Permanent Council to establish a specific fund for voluntary contributions, to be called the “Fund for the Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by One of Their Parents,” in support of its implementation; and to urge member states, permanent observers, regional and international organizations, and civil society organizations to contribute to the Fund.

  6. To request the Inter-American Children's Institute to present an annual progress report to the Permanent Council on the implementation, development, and evaluation of the Inter-American Program. 

  7. To instruct the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth regular session on the implementation of this resolution.

 

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