PERMANENT COUNCIL
OEA/Ser.G
CP/doc.5132/15
3 June 2015
Original: Spanish
REPORT OF THE CHAIR ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON
INTER-AMERICAN SUMMITS MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION
IN OAS ACTIVITIES (CISC) 2014 – 2015
I.
INTRODUCTION
This report refers to the activities of the CISC in the period 2014-2015, during which were
addressed the mandates issued by the Summits of the Americas and the General Assembly of the
Organization, and to the functions assigned by the Permanent Council of the Organization.
This report documents the achievements arising from the specific activities carried out by
the members of the Committee in implementation of the above-mentioned mandates.
II.
AUTHORITY AND OFFICER
Article 21 of the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council provides that “The
representative of the member state presiding over the Summit process shall serve as chair of the
Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS
Activities.” In accordance with that article, the Committee fulfilled its functions under the
chairmanship of Ambassador Jorge Miranda, Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS, and the
vice chairmanship of Ambassador Andrés González Díaz, Permanent Representative of Colombia to
the OAS.
III.
MANDATES
Article 22 of the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council establishes the functions of
the CISC with respect to the Summits of the Americas process and civil society participation in OAS
activities. In that regard, at its meeting of July 22, 2014, the Permanent Council tasked the CISC
with the follow-up to and implementation of the following resolutions, adopted by the General
Assembly at its forty-fourth regular session:
1.
AG/RES. 2861 (XLIV-O/14), “ 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.”
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2.
AG/RES. 2846 (XLIV-O/14),
Process.”
“Support for and Follow-Up to the Summits of the Americas
In fulfillment of the mandates assigned, the Chair submitted the draft Work Plan (CP/CISC734/14 rev. 2), which was approved by the Committee at its meeting held on October 22, 2014.
IV.
ACTIVITIES
In the period covered by this report (2014-2015), the CISC held four regular meetings, at
which the following matters were addressed:
A.
Support for and Follow-Up to the Summits of the Americas Process
At the meeting of October 22, 2014, was presented to the Committee the first
periodic report of the Summits of the Americas Executive Secretariat on work done
to support and strengthen the Summits process (CP/CISC-748/14). Subsequently, on
May 14, 2015, the second periodic report of the Summits of the Americas Secretariat
was presented (CP/CISC-776/15).
B.
Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities
On October 22, 2014, the Acting Director of the Department of International Affairs,
Jane Thery, presented the report of the Department on the OAS register of civil
society organizations and activities undertaken to promote their participation in OAS
activities (CP/CISC-747/14).
On October 22, 2014, the CISC considered the applications to be registered with the
OAS from the civil society organizations appearing in document CP/CISC-746/14.
The Committee decided to refer those applications to the Permanent Council for its
consideration (CP/CISC-749/14).
On November 13 (CP/CISC-752/14 rev.1) and November 25, 2014 (CP/CISC753/14 rev. 1 corr.1), the Committee decided to recommend to the Committee on
Hemispheric Security the inclusion of a group of civil society organizations that had
requested to participate in the Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking
in Persons, which would be held in Brasilia, Brazil, on December 4 and 5, 2014.
On May 14, 2015, the CISC considered the applications to be registered with the
OAS of the civil society organizations appearing in document CP/CISC-775/15. The
Committee decided to refer those applications to the Permanent Council for its
consideration (CP/CISC-777/15)
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Having reviewed the applications submitted and in accordance with paragraph 6 of
the Guidelines annexed to resolution CP/RES. 759 (1217/99), “Guidelines for the
Participation of Civil Society in OAS Activities,” the Committee decided to refer to
the Permanent Council for its decision 32 applications by civil society organizations
for inclusion in the OAS register, and in accordance with paragraphs 14 and 15 of
those Guidelines. The Committee also decided to refer to the Permanent Council for
decision a request to remove a civil society organization from the OAS register
because it was no longer active.
C.
Review of mandates assigned to the Committee
On May 14, the Committee considered the proposal of the Chair on the
Classification of Current and Procedural Mandates assigned to the Committee on
Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS
Activities for the 2007-2014 Period (CP/CISC-774/15). The Committee agreed to
the proposal.
D.
Extension of mandates
At its meeting of May 14, 2015, the Committee decided to recommend to the
Permanent Council that it extend the pending mandates that had been issued by the
General Assembly at its forty-fourth regular session and that were contained in the
resolutions assigned to the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and
Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities.
V.
CONCLUSION
The Chair wishes to close by indicating that the Committee has made active and dynamic
efforts to follow up on and implement the mandates assigned to it under Article 22 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Permanent Council, and to thank all delegations and the General Secretariat staff
for their support during this period.
Ambassador Jorge Miranda
Permanent Representative of Panama
to the Organization of American States
Chair, Committee on Inter-American Summits Management
and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities
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