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AG/RES. 1986 (XXXIV-O/04)
REPORT OF THE XIII INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 8, 2004)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN resolutions CIDI/RES. 121 (VII-O/02) and AG/RES. 1858 (XXXII-O/02),
“Report of the Twelfth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor”; resolution
CEPCIDI/RES. 86 (LXXXVIII-O/03), "Convocation of the XIII Inter-American Conference of
Ministers of Labor”; resolution CEPCIDI/RES. 91 (LXXXIX-O/03), “Change of Date and Site of the
XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor”; resolution CEPCIDI/RES. 94 (XCIV-O/03),
“Change of Site of the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor”; and resolution
CIDI/RES. 159 (IX-O/04), “Report of the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
That the XII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor adopted resolution
TRABAJO/doc.36/01 rev. 2 corr. 1, “Declaration and Plan of Action of Ottawa,” which provided for
the XIII Conference to be held in Brazil in 2003; and
That the Government of Brazil offered to host the XIII Inter-American Conference of
Ministers of Labor; and
CONSIDERING:
That at the Third Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City, the Heads of State and
Government reaffirmed the fundamental importance of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers
of Labor;
That the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor was held from September 24
to 26, 2003, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, with the technical support of the Unit for Social Development
and Education and the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development; and
The final report of the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor and the
decisions it adopted, contained in document TRABAJO/doc.14/03,
RESOLVES:
1.
To congratulate and thank the Government of Brazil for its work in organizing and
holding the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor.
2.
To endorse the “The Salvador Declaration” and the “Salvador Plan of Action,” which
were adopted by the ministers of labor of the Hemisphere at the XIII Inter-American Conference of
Ministers of Labor and are attached to this resolution.