Permanent Council Resolutions:

• CP/RES. 864, (1413/04), "Specific Fund to Support the Participation of Civil Society Organizations in OAS Activities and in the Summits of the American Process"

• CP/RES. 840, (1361/03) "Strategies for Increasing and Strengthening Participation by Civil Society Organizations in OAS Activities"

• CP/RES.759 (1217/99), "Guidelines for the Participation of Civil Society Organizations in OAS activities"

• CP/RES.704 (1129/97), "Status of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the OAS"

General Assembly Resolutions regarding Civil Society Participation

Panama City, Republic of Panama, June 3-5, 2007

• AG/RES. 2310/07, "Increasing and Strengthening Civil Society Participation in the Activities of the Organization of American States and in the Summits of the Americas Process"

• AG/RES. 2338/07, "Support for and Follow-Up to the Summits of the Americas Process"

• AG/RES. 2344/07, "Citizen Participation and Strengthening of Democracy in the Americas"

• AG/RES. 2351/07, “Civil Society Organizations and the Protection of Human Rights and Promotion of Democracy”.

• AG/RES. 2551/07, "Civil Society Organizations and the Protection of Human Rights and Promotion of Democracy"

• AG/DEC. 52/07, "Declaration of Panama: Energy for Sustainable Development"

• AG/RES. 2260/07, "Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education"

• AG/RES. 2262/07, "Protocol of San Salvador: Composition and Functioning of the Working Group to Examine the Periodic Reports of the States Parties"

• AG/RES. 2268/07, "Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions"

• AG/RES. 2274/07, "Follow-up to the Special Conference on Security"

• AG/RES. 2275/07, "Follow-up on the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption and the Inter-American Program for Cooperation in the Fight Against Corruption"

• AG/RES.  2276/07, "Draft Inter-American Convention Against Racism and all Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance"

• AG/RES.  2278/07, "Social Charter of the Americas: Renewal of the Hemispheric Commitment to Fight Poverty in the Region"

• AG/RES.  2279/07, "Promotion of the International Criminal Court"

• AG/RES. 2280/07, "Human Rights Defenders: Support for the Individuals, Groups, and Organizations of Civil Society Working to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Americas"

• AG/RES. 2284/07, " Situation of the Inter-American Indian Institute"

• AG/RES. 2286/07, "Inter-American Program for a Universal Civil Registry and The Right to Identity”

• AG/RES. 2287/07, "Right to Freedom of Thought and Expression and the Importance of the Media”

• AG/RES. 2288/07, "Access to Public Information: Strengthening Democracy"

• AG/RES. 2289/07, "The Human Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families"

• AG/RES. 2290/07, "Observations and Recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights"

• AG/RES. 2291/07, "Strengthening of Human Rights Systems Pursuant to the Mandates Arising from the Summits of the Americas"

• AG/RES. 2294/07, " American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples"

• AG/RES. 2295/07, "Persons who have Disappeared and Assistance to Members of their Families"

• AG/RES. 2299/07, "Promotion of Hemispheric Cooperation in Dealing with Gangs Involved in Criminal Activities"

• AG/RES. 2300/07, "Support for the Activities of the Inter-American Defense Board"

• AG/RES. 2304/07, "Strengthening Technical Cooperation for Integral Development"

• AG/RES. 2308/07, "Eradicating Illiteracy and Fighting Diseases that Affect Integral Development"

• AG/RES. 2309/07, "Report of the Third Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities"

• AG/RES. 2312/07, "Report of the First Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development"

• AG/RES. 2314/07, "Natural Disaster Reduction, Risk Management, and Assistance in Natural and Other Disaster Situations"

• AG/RES. 2315/07, "Participation of Workers’ Representatives in Activities of the Organization of American States"

• AG/RES. 2318/07, "Implementation of the Declaration of Recife"

• AG/RES. 2322/07, "Inter-American Year of Women"

• AG/RES. 2327/07, "Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American Democratic Charter"

• AG/RES. 2330/07, "Mechanism to Follow up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará"

• AG/RES. 2336/07, "Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Hemisphere"

• AG/RES. 2339/07, " Program of Action for the Decade of the Americas for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (2006-2016)"

• AG/RES. 2343/07, "Observations and Recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission"

• AG/RES. 2349/07, "Water, Health, and Human Rights"

• AG/RES. 2353/07, "Program-Budget of the Organization for 2008, Quotas and Contributions to FEMCIDI for 2008"

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Other Resolutions

• AG/RES. 2171/06, "Follow-Up and Implementation of the Mandates of the Declaration of Mar de Plata and the Plan of Action of the Fourth Summit of the Americas," XXXVI General Assembly of the OAS, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 4-6, 2006

• AG/RES. 2172/06, "Increasing and Strengthening Civil Society Participation in the Activities of the Organization of American States and in the Summits of the Americas Process," XXXVI General Assembly of the OAS, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 4-6, 2006

• AG/RES. 2091/05, "Support for and Follow-up to the Summits of the Americas Process," XXXV General Assembly of the OAS, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, June 5-7, 2005.

• AG/RES. 2092/05, "Increasing and Strengthening Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities and in the Summits of the Americas Process," XXXV General Assembly of the OAS, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA' June 5-7, 2005.

• AG/RES. 1992/04 "Follow-Up to the Special Summit of the Americas," XXXIV General Assembly of the OAS, Quito, Ecuador, June 6-8, 2004.

• AG/RES. 1991/04 "Increasing and strengthening civil society participation in OAS activities," XXXIV General Assembly of the OAS, Quito, Ecuador, June 6-8, 2004.  

• AG/RES. 1965, "Support for and Follow-Up to the Summits of the Americas Process", XXXIII General Assembly of the OAS, Santiago Chile, June 8-10, 2003.

• AG/RES. 1915, "Increasing and Strengthening Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities", XXXIII General Assembly of the OAS, Santiago, Chile, June 8-10, 2003.

• AG/RES. 1852 "Increasing and Strengthening Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities", XXXII General Assembly of the OAS, Bridgetown, Barbados, June 2-4, 2002.

• AG/RES.1834 "The Organization of American States and Civil Society", XXXI General Assembly of the OAS, San José, Costa Rica, June 3-5, 2001. 

• AG/RES.1707 , "The Organization of American States and Civil Society", XXX General Assembly of the OAS, Windsor, Canada, June 5, 2000.

• AG/RES.1668, "Strengthening Cooperation Between Governments and Civil Society", XXIX General Assembly of the OAS, Guatemala, Guatemala, June 7, 1999.

• AG/RES.1661, "The Organization of American States and Civil Society", XXIX General Assembly of the OAS, Guatemala, Guatemala, June 7, 1999.

• AG/RES.1539, "The OAS and Civil Society" , XXVIII General Assembly of the OAS, Caracas, Venezuela, June 2, 1998.

• AG/RES. 57 (I-0/71), "Standards on Cooperative Relations Between the Organization of American States and the United Nations, It's Specialized Agencies, and Other National and International Organizations"

Civil Society-related Resolutions - XXXVI General Assembly, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 4-6, 2006:

• AG/RES. 2162/06, Mechanism to Follow up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women, "Convention of Belém do Pará"

• AG/RES. 2164/06, Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices

• AG/RES. 2166/06, Public Presentation of Candidates for Membership on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

• AG/RES. 2167/06, Establishment of the Committee provided for in the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities

• AG/RES. 2168/06, Combating Racism and all forms of Discrimination and Intolerance and Consideration of the Draft Inter-American Convention Against Racism and All Forms and Intolerance

• AG/RES. 2173/06, The Declaration of Recife

• AG/RES. 2176/06, Promotion of the International Criminal Court

• AG/RES. 2177/06, Human Rights Defenders: Support for the Individual Groups, and Organizations of Civil Society Working to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Americas

• AG/RES. 2184/06, Natural Disaster Reduction, Risk Management, and Assistance and other Disaster Situations

• AG/RES. 2185/06, Follow-Up to the Special Conference on Security

• AG/RES. 2188/06, Limitation on Military Spending and the Promotion of Greater Transparency in the Acquisition of Arms in the Americas

• AG/RES. 2190/06, Supports and Follow-Up to the Summit of the Americas Process

• AG/RES. 2193/06, Creation of the Fund for Children of the Americas

• AG/RES. 2194/06, Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Hemisphere

• AG/RES. 2200/06, Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism of the Inter-American Drug Abuse control Commission

• AG/RES. 2201/06, Strategic Plan for Partnership for Integral Development 2006-2009

• AG/RES. 2204/06, Eradicating and Fighting Diseases that Affect Integral Development

• AG/RES. 2206/06, Report of the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Education within the Framework of CIDI

• AG/RES. 2224/06, The Human Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families

• AG/RES. 2230/06, Program of Action for the Decade of the Americas for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

• AG/RES. 2231/06, Persons who have Disappeared and Assistance to Members of Their Families

• AG/RES. 2232/06, Protection of Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Returnees in the Americas

• AG/RES. 2243/06, Support for the Implementation of the Declaration of Santo Domingo

• AG/RES. 2251/06, Promotion of Regional Cooperation for the Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter on the Occasion of its Fifth Anniversary

• AG/RES. 2252/06, Access to Public Information: Strengthening Democracy

• AG/RES. 2255/06, The Use of Information Technologies in Government Procurement in order to Promote Transparency and the Participation of Micro, Small, and Medium Sized Enterprises, and other Productive Organizations

• AG/RES. 2256/06, Hemispheric Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons: Conclusions and Recommendations of the First Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons

Civil Society-related Resolutions - XXXV General Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, United States, June 5-7, 2005:

• AG/DEC. 41/05, Declaration of Florida Delivering the Benefits of Democracy

• AG/RES. 2067/05, Human Rights Defenders: Support for the Individuals, Groups, and Organizations of Civil Society Working to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Americas

• AG/RES. 2071/05, 2006: Inter-American Year of the Fight Against Corruption

• AG/RES. 2074/05, Standards for the Preparation of Periodic Reports Pursuant to the Protocol of San Salvador

• AG/RES. 2076/05, Follow-up on the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption and its Program for Cooperation

• AG/RES. 2087/05, Report of the First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Science and Technology

• AG/RES. 2091/05, Support for and Follow-up to the Summits of the Americas Process

• AG/RES. 2092/05, Increasing and Strengthening Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities and in the Summits of the Americas Process

• AG/RES. 2093/05, Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government, and Citizen Participation

• AG/RES. 2097/05, Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM) of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission: Report on its Third Evaluation Round

• AG/RES. 2101/05, XIX Pan American Child Congress

• AG/RES. 2103/05, Public Presentation of Candidates Proposed for the Positions of Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States

• AG/RES. 2109/05, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education

• AG/RES. 2115/05, Addressing Extreme Poverty, Inequality, and Social Exclusion as a Means of Strengthening Hemispheric Security

• AG/RES. 2117/05, Follow-up to the Special Conference on Security

• AG/RES. 2119/05, Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy

• AG/RES. 2120/05, Presentation of Candidates for Membership of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

• AG/RES. 2121/05, Access to Public Information: Strengthening Democracy

• AG/RES. 2123/05, Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Hemisphere

• AG/RES. 2126/05, Prevention of Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance and Consideration of the Preparation of a Draft Inter-American Convention

• AG/RES. 2130/05, The Human Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families

• AG/RES. 2133/05, Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by one of Their Parents

• AG/RES. 2134/05, Persons who have Disappeared and Assistance to Members of Their Families

• AG/RES. 2135/05, Support for and Monitoring of Activities Related to the World Summit on the Information Society

• AG/RES. 2138/05, Fourth Biennial Report on Fulfillment of Resolution Ag/Res.1456 (Xxvii-O/97), “Promotion of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women, ‘Convention of Belém do Pará’”

• AG/RES. 2140/05, Internally Displaced Persons

• AG/RES. 2141/05, Inter-American Program for the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants, Including Migrant Workers and Their Families

• AG/RES. 2151/05, Delivering the Benefits of Democracy: Partnership for Integral Development

• AG/RES. 2154/05, Promotion of Regional Cooperation for Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter

Civil Society-related Resolutions - XXXIV General Assembly, Quito, Ecuador, June 6-8, 2004:

• AG/RES. 2057/04 Access to Public Information: Strengthening Democracy

• AG/RES. 2055/04 Internally Displaced Persons

• AG/RES. 2045/04 Program for democratic governance in the Americas

• AG/RES. 2044/04 Promotion and strengthening of democracy

• AG/RES. 2043/04 Observations and recommendations on the annual report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

• AG/RES. 2036/04 Human rights defenders: Support for the individuals, groups, and organizations of civil society working to promote and protect human rights in the Americas

• AG/RES. 2034/04 Follow-Up on the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and its Program for Cooperation

• AG/RES. 2019/04 Fighting the crime of trafficking in persons, especially women, adolescents, and children

• AG/RES. 2012/04 Violence against women Inter-American Convention to prevent, punish, and eradicate violence against women, "Convention of Belém do Pará"

• AG/RES. 2010/04 Amendments to the statute of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism

• AG/RES. 1994/04 Support for and Follow-Up to the Summits of the Americas Process

• AG/RES. 1987/04 XVIII Inter-American Travel Congress

• AG/RES. 1983/04 Poverty, equity, and social inclusion

• AG/RES. 1982/04 Strengthening technical cooperation for integral development

Civil Society-related Resolutions - XXXIII General Assembly, Santiago, Chile, June 8-10, 2003:

• AG/RES. 1911, "Follow-Up on the International Conference on Financing for Development"

• AG/RES. 1915, "Increasing and Strengthening Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities"

• AG/RES. 1919, "American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• AG/RES. 1920, "Human Rights Defenders: Support for the Individuals, Groups, and Organizations of Civil Society Working to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Americas"

• AG/RES. 1932, "Access to Public Information: Strengthening Democracy"

• AG/RES. 1941, "Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality"

• AG/RES. 1953, "Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Hemisphere"

• AG/RES. 1957, "Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy.  Follow-Up to the Inter-American Democratic Charter.

• AG/RES. 1965, "Support for and Follow-Up to the Summits of the Americas Process"

Civil Society-related Resolutions - XXXII General Assembly, Bridgetown, Barbados, June 2-4, 2002:

• AG/RES. 1842 "Human Rights in the Americas: Support for the Individuals, Groups, and Organizations of Civil Society Working to Promote and Protect Human Rights in the Americas", XXXII General Assembly of the OAS.

• AG/RES. 1851, "American Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples"

• AG/RES. 1855 "Adoption of the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development 2002-2005", XXXII General Assembly of the OAS.

• AG/RES. 1870 "Follow-up to the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption and its Program for Cooperation", XXXII General Assembly of the OAS.

• AG/RES. 1871 "Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Hemisphere", XXXII General Assembly of the OAS.

• AG/RES. 1890 "Evaluation of the Workings of the Inter-American System for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights with a View to its Improvement and Strengthening", XXXII General Assembly of the OAS.

• AG/RES. 1891, "Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Minors by One of Their Parents"

• AG/RES. 1895, "Study on the Access of Persons to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights"

• AG/RES. 1896, "Human Rights and the Environment in the Americas"

• AG/RES. 1901, "Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and on Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Participation of Civil Society

• AG/RES. 1905, "Prevention of Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance and Consideration of the Preparation of an Inter-American Draft Convention"

Documents:

• CP/CISC-316/07, "Draft Agenda for the Roundtable with Civil Society and the Special Meeting of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities (CISC): Energy for Development"

• CP/CISC-314/07, "Report on Civil Society Participation in International Organizations"

• CP/CISC-106/04, "Review of the Rules of Procedure for Civil Society Participation With the Organization of American States (march 2004)."

• CP/CISC-58/03, "Report on the activities of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities (2002-2003)"

• CP/CISC-52/03, "Report on implementation of resolution AG/RES. 1901 (XXXII-O/02) 'Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and on Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Participation of Civil Society'"

• CP/CISC-44/03 corr. 1, "Report on the Special Meeting of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities"

• CP/CISC-35/03, "First Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Culture (Document presented by the Unit for Social Development and Education and the Summits of the Americas Secretariat of the OAS)"

• CP/CISC-30/03 rev. 1, "Report of the Chair of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities containing the draft resolution 'Strategies for increasing and strengthening participation by civil society organizations in OAS activities'"

• CP/CISC- 17/03, "Report on the Participation of Civil Society Organizations in the Activities of the OAS"

• CP/CISC-14/02, "Report on the implementation of the mandates arising from the Third Summit of the Americas"

• Report of the Committee on Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities in Compliance with Mandates Contained in Resolution 1834.

• Report of the Chair for the Special Session of the Committee on Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities.

• REDMU/doc.3/01 rev. 3, "Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and on Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Participation of Civil Society".

• CP/doc.3365/00, "Request from Civil Society Organizations to Participate in OAS Activities" 

• CP/CSC-18/99, "Report of the Chair to the Permanent Council on the Guidelines for the Participation of Civil Society Organizations in OAS activities"

• CP/CSC-3/99, "Background Information on Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities".

• GETC/FORMOEA-101/99 rev. 5, "Discussion Paper, The OAS and Civil Society".

• CP/Doc.3210/99 rev.1, "Report of the General Secretariat on NGOs and the General Secretariat of the OAS in Compliance with Resolution CP/RES.704 (1129/97)".

• CP/Doc.2946/97, "Report by the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs on the Status of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the OAS".

• CP/CAJP-1005/95, "Comparative Chart on Non-Governmental Organizations' Rights at the United Nations Conferences", 23 March 1995

• CP/CAJP - 962/94, "Non-Governmental Organizations with which the Organization of American States has Established Cooperative Relations"

• CP/doc.2486/94, "Note from the Permanent Mission of Canada on the "Study of the Possible Granting of Status to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) at the OAS"

• AG/RES. 57 (I-0/71), "Standards on Cooperative Relations Between the Organization of American States and the United Nations, It's Specialized Agencies, and Other National and International Organizations".