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| WASHINGTON MODEL OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| FOR UNIVERSITIES |
| Washington, D.C. April 7 - April 11, 2009 |
AGENDA
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| GENERAL COMMITTEE |
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| 1. |
Promotion and
strengthening of democracy in light of the Inter-American Charter:
Youth as torchbearers of democracy |
| 2. |
Multilateral strategies
to reduce the negative impact of a global recession in finance,
investment and trade |
| 3. |
Hemispheric plan for
Haitian recovery from natural and unnatural disasters |
| 4. |
The
impact of trade agreements on agriculture in the Hemisphere |
| 5. |
Election of
officers for the 2010 Washington Model OAS (President, Secretary
General, Assistant Secretary General) |
| Joint Declaration |
TBA |
| FIRST COMMITTEE: Juridical and Political
Affairs |
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| 1. |
Hemispheric guidelines
and cooperation on criminal law and extradition procedures |
| 2. |
Procedures for the
Protection of asylum seekers and refugees and standards for the
treatment of migrants in the Hemisphere |
| 3. |
New hemispheric
strategies to reduce corruption, and increase transparency and
accountability in Member States |
| 4. |
Developing new
initiatives to protect the rights of the socially excluded, including
but not limited to the poor, ethnic minorities, women and children |
| 5. |
Election of
committee officers for the 2010 Washington Model OAS (Chair, Vice-Chair) |
| Joint Declaration |
International Law and Climate Change |
| SECOND COMMITTEE: Hemispheric Security |
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| 1. |
Inter-American Convention
against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms,
Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials |
| 2. |
Strategies for ensuring
food security in the Hemisphere in an era of global climate change |
| 3. |
Support for the Work of
the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism and the threat of global
terrorism |
| 4. |
Multilateral
cooperation on energy security for the Hemisphere |
| 5. |
Election of committee officers for the 2010 Washington Model OAS (Chair, Vice-Chair) |
| Joint Declaration |
Analyzing the impact of global climate change on security in the Hemisphere |
| THIRD COMMITTEE: Inter-American Summits
Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) |
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| 1. |
Promotion of social
corporate responsibility for green initiatives in the hemisphere |
| 2. |
Renewal of the
hemispheric commitment to fight extreme
poverty in the region in the face of global recession: Towards a Social
Charter for the Americas |
| 3. |
Inter-American
cooperation on eradication of diseases caused by poverty and ignorance |
| 4. |
Increasing civil society
participation in activities of the OAS and in the Summits of the
Americas process |
| 5. |
Election of committee officers for the 2010 Washington Model OAS (Chair, Vice-Chair) |
| Joint Declaration |
Implementing the Social Charter of the Americas |
| FOURTH COMMITTEE: Administrative and
Budgetary Affairs |
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| 1. |
Increasing funding
agreements with International Financial Organizations |
| 2. |
Cooperating with the
Permanent Observers on
funding the Organization's socio-economic projects |
| 3. |
Strategies for the
effective
use of monies from the Natural Disaster Relief and Poverty Alleviation
fund |
| 4. |
Election of committee officers for the 2010 Washington Model OAS (Chair, Vice-Chair) |
| Joint Declaration | Guidelines for the 2010 program-budget of the OAS |