- 1 -

PREPARATORY COMMITTEEOEA/Ser.P

AG/CP/SUB.TP-280/17[1]/

Forty-seventh regular session21 April 2017

Original: Spanish

PRELIMINARY DRAFT AGENDA FOR

THE FORTY-SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION

OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  1. TOPICS INCLUDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE OAS CHARTER, THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND OTHER PROVISIONS IN FORCE
  1. Adoption of the agenda of the General Assembly (Article 30 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly)
  1. Adoption of the recommendations of the Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly at its forty-sixth regular session(Article 20 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly)
  1. Annual report of the General Secretariat on the activities and financial condition of the Organization (Article 112.g of the OAS Charter, and the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat) (Report of the General Secretariat)
  1. Report of the Secretary General on credentials (Article 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly)
  1. Annual Report of the Permanent Council (Article 40 of the Statutes of the Permanent Council)
  1. Presentation of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)
  1. Observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council on the annual reports of the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization (Article 91.f of the OAS Charter)

a.Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)

b.Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI)

c.Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

d.Inter-American Court of Human Rights

e.Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

f.Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

g.Administrative Tribunal (TRIBAD)

h.Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM)

i.Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)

j.Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)

k.Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN)

l.Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)

m.Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA)

n.Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)

o.Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)

  1. Determination of the place and date of the forty-eighth regular session of the General Assembly (Article 30 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly)
  1. Election of officers of organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization (Article 30 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly)
  1. Three members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  2. Three members of the Inter-American Juridical Committee
  3. Three members of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas
  4. One member of the OAS Board of External Auditors
  1. The Question of the Malvinas Islands [AG/DEC. 70 (XLII-O/12)]
  1. DECLARATION REGARDING THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  1. Draft Declaration “Strengthening Dialogue and Concerted Action for Prosperity”
  1. TOPICS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE PERMANENT COUNCIL AND THE INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT (CIDI)[2]
  1. Draft Declaration: “2019 – International Year of Indigenous Languages”
  2. Draft resolution: “Advancing Hemispheric Initiatives on Integral Development”
  3. Draft resolution: “Water and Sustainable Development”
  4. Draft resolution: “Promotion and Protection of Human Rights”
  5. Draft resolution: “Strengthening Democracy”
  6. Draft resolution: “Draft Plan of Action of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
  7. Draft resolution: “Model Law on Simplified Stock Companies”
  8. Draft resolution: “International Law”
  9. Draft resolution: “Advancing Hemispheric Security: A Multidimensional Approach”
  10. Draft resolution: “Progress towards Accountability, Efficiency and Effectiveness, and Results in the OAS General Secretariat”
  11. Draft resolution: “Financing of the 2018 Program-Budget of the Organization”
  12. Draft resolution: “Support for and Follow-up to the Summits of the Americas Process”
  13. Draft resolution: “Increasing and Strengthening the Participation of Civil Society and Social Actors in the Activities of the Organization of American States and in the Summits of the Americas Process”

[1].Thisversion includes the titles of the draft resolutions and declaration that are being negotiated by the political bodies.

[2]. The draft resolutions and declaration will be examined by the different committees of the Permanent Council and CIDI. This section will be duly updated with that information.