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AG/RES. 1982 (XXXIV-O/04)
STRENGTHENING TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 8, 2004)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
CONSIDERING:
That, according to Article 94 of the Charter of the Organization of American States and
Article 1 of the Statutes of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), CIDI is an
organ of the OAS whose purpose is to promote cooperation among the American states for the purpose
of achieving integral development and, in particular, helping to eliminate extreme poverty;
That the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development 2002-2005 provides that technical
cooperation is important and embraces all member states, regardless of their level of development;
That the Special Multilateral Fund of CIDI (FEMCIDI) is funded with voluntary
contributions from member states and that its purpose is to contribute to the financing of national and
multilateral cooperation programs, projects, and activities carried out under the Strategic Plan;
That, notwithstanding the important efforts made by member states to obtain the resources
contributed each year to FEMCIDI, these resources are insufficient to fund all the projects presented.
This reinforces the need for the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD) to
make special efforts to obtain, from different sources, additional non-reimbursable financial and nonfinancial resources;
That the Strategic Plan indicates that, in the spirit of the partnership for development, national
institutions taking part in cooperation activities will have to take into account the priority areas and
the guidelines contained in the Strategic Plan, to ensure that the projects and activities related to the
Plan are tied to mandates of the Summits, ministerial meetings, or meetings of the inter-American
committees and give priority to those of a multilateral character;
That CIDI, in its resolution CIDI/RES. 143 (IX-O/04), decided that cooperation programs,
projects, activities, and initiatives generated by member states, within the framework of the Strategic
Plan, must respond to the mandates of the General Assembly, the Summits of the Americas, the
ministerial meetings, and the inter-American committees so that cooperation strategies deriving
therefrom may be strengthened;
That the Strategic Plan indicates that cooperation activities in the priority areas must, to the
extent possible, include in their formulation, implementation, and evaluation, the following: (a) civil
society participation; (b) environmental considerations; (c) development of human resources; and
(d) gender equality and equity;