SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATION OF THE OAS 

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING
OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE IIN

November 17 - 18, 2003
Washington, D.C. 


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CD/RES. 02 (E / 03) 

 

FOLLOW-UP OF RESOLUTION AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03) ADOPTED BY 
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON 10 June 2003 

 

 

THE DIRECTING COUNCIL,

 

CONSIDERING:

 

  1. That the fourth resolving paragraph of Resolution AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03) on the PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN THE AMERICAS, adopted by the General Assembly on 10 June, 2003 urges member states to take measures for including the human rights of children in the working agenda of specialized organizations and conferences, as well as bodies and entities, of the Organization of American States.  

  2. That, within the framework of its 2000-2004 Strategic Plan, the Inter-American Children’s Institute is developing a significant work for the promotion and protection of the rights of children and adolescents through its Legal Program, its Program for the Integral Promotion of Children’s Rights and its Information Program.  

  3. That such actions follow the resolutions adopted by the 78th Meeting of the Directing Council held in Santiago, Chile, in June 2003: CD/RES. 06 (78-R/03), Support to the Mass Promotion of the Rights of Children and Adolescents; CD/RES. 08 (78-R/03), Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Rights and Gender Equity and Equality; CD/RES. 10 (78-R/03), Children with Different Capabilities; CD/RES. 11 (78-R/03), Promotion of the Prototype of Targeted Public Policies for Children and Adolescents under Conditions of Vulnerability and Social Risk as a Form of Intervention for the Recovery of their Violated Rights; CD/RES. 12 (78-R/03), the IIN in the English-speaking Caribbean Sub-region, and CD/RES. 13 (78-R/03), Site for Action Coordination in Favor of Children and Adolescents.   

  4. That these resolutions are substantially related to Resolution AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03) adopted by the OAS General Assembly.  

  5. That the Director General’s Office of the IIN has informed the Directing Council on the progress made for complying with these resolutions.

RESOLVES:  

  1. To reiterate the commitment of the OAS member states to the promotion and protection of the human rights of children in the Americas.

  2. To urge the Office of the Director General of the Inter-American Children’s Institute to keep developing concrete measures for the prevention and eradication of child labor, sexual exploitation, and drug-addiction; the inclusion of children with different capabilities; the mass dissemination of the rights of children and adolescents; the promotion of the integration between the right approach and the gender perspective; the creation of information systems on children; the design and implementation of a site for action coordination in favor of children, and the adaptation of domestic regulatory frameworks in the states parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to other related and binding international instruments in accordance with the guidelines provided for in the 2000-2004 Strategic Plan.

  3. To recommend the Office of the Director General of the IIN to carry out, together with the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD), concrete actions for strengthening communication and coordination on technical cooperation, and to contribute to a special follow-up of those components related to children’s human rights within the activities of partnership for development.  

  4. to request the Office of the IIN to inform the OAS Permanent Council on the resolution adopted by this Directing Council as well as on the measures taken regarding the follow-up of Resolution AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03).