AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE OAS
 IN GUATEMALA AND
THE INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE

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CONSIDERING: 

That in September 2001, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States adopted the “Inter-American Democratic Charter,” whose Article 1 states that “The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it”; 

That one of the functions of the Offices of the General Secretariat of the OAS in the Member States is to promote the priority issues on the Organization’s agenda in each country; 

That the Inter-American Children's Institute (hereinafter known as the IIN), as part of its agreement with the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (hereinafter known as the UPD), has produced a promotional video of approximately 30 seconds in duration, intended to inform about the Inter-American Democratic Charter, in an effort to fulfill the provisions contained therein. 

The Parties hereby agree to the following: 

1.         The IIN shall provide the Office of the General Secretariat of the OAS in Guatemala (OAS-Guatemala) with a copy of the aforementioned video, in Betacam, VHS and DVD formats corresponding to the region’s standard. 

2.          OAS-Guatemala shall take the appropriate steps to disseminate this video in Guatemala through the open-access and cable television media, and shall inform the IIN and the UPD of the actions taken. 

This Agreement is signed by Dr. José-Félix Palma, Office of the General Secretariat of the OAS in Guatemala, and Lic. Alejandro Bonasso, Director General of the IIN, in Guatemala City on the eighth of March of the year 2004.

José-Félix Palma                                                        Alejandro Bonasso
Director, OAS-Guatemala                                            Director General, IIN

The Director General of the IIN signs this agreement on an ad referendum basis, subject to the approval of the IIN Directing Council. The Director of the Office of the General Secretariat of the OAS in Guatemala signs this agreement in accordance with the powers granted by his mandate, given that it is an administrative agreement.