77th MEETING OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE

May 13-15, 2002
Montevideo, Uruguay


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CD/RES. 13 (77-R/02)

 

CIVIL REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS

THE DIRECTING COUNCIL,

HAVING SEEN:

The technical studies performed by the Inter-American Children’s Institute, in six Member States of Central America and the Caribbean, directed to prepare an assessment of the situation of the registration of births; 

CONSIDERING:

  1. That, at its 76th Meeting, in its resolution CP/RES. 09 (76-R/01), the Directing Council recommended that the Member States promote specific actions to increase civil registration of births by raising the awareness of government agencies and civil society and involving them in this problem;
  1. That, at the same Meeting, the Directing Council recommended that the Member States provide support for and promote the work of the Inter-American Children’s Institute in this area;
  1. That, at the Third Summit of the Americas, held in Quebec in April, 2001, this topic was defined as a priority area;
  1. That Plan (Rocca), an international nongovernmental organization, has provided support for the assessment carried out; and
  1. That at this 77th Meeting, the Directing Council was informed of the results of the studies conducted in six Central American and Caribbean Member States, which have revealed the scale of the problem,

 RESOLVES:

  1. To point to the support provided by Plan (Rocca) and to thank this NGO for the support it has provided the children of the Americas in this area. 

  2. To point to the work being done by the Office of the Inter-American Children’s Institute in this area. 

  3. To instruct the Director General of the Inter-American Children’s Institute to adopt measures with a view to implementing solutions designed to increase civil registration of births, according priority to activities with other organization interested in this topic, and expanding coverage to include other regions of the Americas that may need cooperation in this area.