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That, to a large extent, the follow-up to the High-Level Meeting on Poverty, Equity, and
Social Inclusion will take place in the context of the Inter-American Committee on Social
Development; but that the Declaration of Margarita specifically proposes that the Permanent Council
and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) consider the need to deepen the
commitments undertaken in the Charter of the Organization of American States, the Inter-American
Democratic Charter, and other international instruments on social matters in relation to the
advancement and observance of economic, social, and cultural rights, and explore the possibility of
having an instrument and mechanisms that respond to this aim;
That resolution AG/RES. 1854 (XXXII-O/02) instructed the Permanent Council and CIDI, in
light of the results of the meeting on Isla de Margarita, to define jointly new actions to strengthen
existing mechanisms for cooperation to support the OAS member states in combating poverty; and
That CIDI has taken note of the final report of the High-Level Meeting on Poverty, Equity,
and Social Inclusion (RANPEIS/doc.6/03),
RESOLVES:
1.
To instruct the Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral
Development (CIDI) to consider carefully the recommendations issued at the High-Level Meeting on
Poverty, Equity, and Social Inclusion.
2.
To congratulate and thank the Government of Venezuela for its efforts in organizing
and holding the High-Level Meeting on Poverty, Equity, and Social Inclusion.
3.
To endorse the Declaration of Margarita, adopted at the High-Level Meeting on
Poverty, Equity, and Social Inclusion and attached hereto.
4.
To take note of the proposal for follow-up to the High-Level Meeting on Poverty,
Equity, and Social Inclusion (CEPCIDI/doc.594/03), and the method for its implementation
(CEPCIDI/doc.611/04 Corr. 1).
5.
To receive the proposal made by the High-Level Meeting on Poverty, Equity, and
Social Inclusion to consider the need to deepen the commitments undertaken in the Charter of the
Organization of American States, the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and other international
instruments on social matters in relation to the advancement and observance of economic, social, and
cultural rights, and explore the possibility of having an instrument and mechanisms that respond to
this aim; and to instruct the Permanent Council and CIDI to proceed accordingly.
6.
To request the Permanent Council and CIDI to report to the General Assembly at its
thirty-fifth regular session on the implementation of this resolution.