SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATION OF THE  OAS

79ª MEETING OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL
INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE 

October 25 to 26, 2004
Mexico City- Mexico

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CD/RES 06 (79-04)

REVISED STATUTE AND RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IIN

THE DIRECTING COUNCIL,

CONSIDERING: 

Resolution CD/RES. 07 (E/03) adopted at the Special Meeting of the Directing Council that includes a mandate to prepare a Preliminary Draft Revised Statute of the Inter-American Children’s Institute;   

The Report of the Director General’s Office (CD/doc.08/04) including details on the work prepared with the special cooperation of the Director of the Department of Legal Services of the Organization of American States;   

The report of the ad hoc Committee appointed by this Meeting of the Directing Council and formed by the delegations of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, United States and Uruguay, and supported by the Director of the Department of Legal Services of the Organization of American States;  

Article 37 in the Current Statutes establishing that amendments to the Statutes “must be approved by the vote of an absolute majority of the member states”, and Article 4 in the Basic Agreement between the Inter-American Children’s Institute and the Organization of American States providing that “the Institute shall inform the Permanent Council of the Organization in advance and timely on any amendment to its Statutes involving changes in the structure, function and financial basis of the Institute.”  

RESOLVES: 

1. To adopt by unanimity the Draft Revised Statute and Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Children’s Institute that are annexed to this Resolution and request the Director General to submit the Draft Revised Statute for the consideration of the Permanent Council. 

2. To thank the staff of the Inter-American Children’s Institute for their excellent work, the members of the ad hoc Committee who prepared the final draft, and most particularly to the Director of the Department of Legal Services of the Organization of American States, for his input and remarkable participation.  

3. The revised Statute and Rules of Procedure will enter into force once the observations of the Permanent Council on the Statute are presented to the Directing Council and subject to any amendment that the Council may introduce in accordance with such observations.