76^th MEETING OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE

May 9-11, 2001
Montevideo, Uruguay

THE DIRECTING COUNCIL,

WHEREAS:

The Third Summit of the Americas, held in Quebec City, Canada, valued the active support of the OAS and its specialized organizations, recognizing, among others, the Inter-American Children's Institute (IACI), and urging the agencies of the Inter-American System and other regional and international organizations to establish greater coordination to give support to the implementation and follow-up on the Plan of Action of the Third Summit (Quebec City, Canada, 2001), the Declaration of Panama (10^th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, Panama City, Panama, 2000), and the Kingston Consensus (5^th Ministerial Meeting on Children and Social Policy in the Americas, Kingston, Jamaica, 2000);

In the same way, the problems affecting children and adolescents in circumstances of vulnerability and social risk are a primary concern for the Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS);

Since the adoption of the Strategic Plan 2000-2004 at the 75^th Meeting of the Directing Council, the IACI has undertaken extensive work to implement this Plan, including the preparation, testing and validation of the "Prototype of Targeted Public Policies for Children and Adolescents in Circumstances of Vulnerability and Social Risk";

The above-mentioned Prototype could constitute an important support tool for the responses by OAS Member States to the problems affecting Children's Rights, particularly those rights found in Articles 23, 32, 33 and 34 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;

RESOLVES:

1. To recommend that the Member States consider the implementation of the "Prototype of Targeted Public Policies for Children and Adolescents in Circumstances of Vulnerability and Social Risk" developed by the IACI, as an instrument to support the planning of policies and plans of action for Articles 23, 32, 33 and 34 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
   
2. To request the Office of the IACI to implement this prototype to address the issues of street children, children involved in armed conflicts, and children and adolescents in conflict with the law; and recommend that the Member States support it.
   
3. To request the IACI to appropriately inform the Member States that so desire, of the conditions of viability for the development of the above-mentioned Prototype, and submit the results of the various experiences developed, to the 77^th Meeting of the Directing Council.