OEA - CP- Resolución CP CG SA 211

PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OAS/Ser.G

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES CP/CG/SA-211/26 6 May 2026

GENERAL COMMITTEE Original: Spanish

Summary of the meeting held on April 29, 2026

Ambassador Alejandra Solano, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica and Chair of the General Committee, presided at the meeting. The meeting came to order at 10:06 a.m.

A quorum was established with the presence of representatives of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, and Uruguay.

The audio recording of the meeting can be found at the following link: http://scm.oas.org/audios/2026/CG_04-29-2026.mp3

1. Adoption of the order of business

The Committee adopted the order of business, document CP/CG-2145/26 rev. 2

2. 2025 Annual Report of the Inter-American Children’s Institute to the fifty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly

In accordance with Article 16(d) of the Rules of Procedure and as instructed by the Permanent Council, the General Committee received the presentation of 2025 Annual Report of the InterAmerican Children’s Institute (IIN) to the fifty -sixth regular session of the General Assembly, which was distributed as document CP/doc.6192/26.

The presentation was given by Mrs. María Julia Garcete Yegros, Director General of the IIN, and is available in document CP/CG/INF.58/26.

At the conclusion of the presentation, the delegations of Uruguay, Costa Rica, Paraguay,

The presentation was given by Mrs. María Julia Garcete Yegros, Director General of the IIN, and is available in document CP/CG/INF.58/26.

At the conclusion of the presentation, the delegations of Uruguay, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the United States, and Guatemala expressed their support for the IIN, highlighting its strategic role as a lead ing technical institution in the region, its capacity for cooperation and integration with states, and its efforts to promote the active inclusion of children and adolescents in the regional agenda.

At the conclusion of the statements, the Committee decided to take note of the annual report of the IIN and to forward it to the Permanent Council, together with the recommendations and comments of delegations, for transmission to the General Assembly for consideration at its next regular session.- 23. 2025 Annual Report of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission to the fifty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly

In accordance with Article 16(d) of the Rules of Procedure and as instructed by the Permanent Council, the General Committee received the presentation of 2025 Annual Report of the InterAmerican Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) to the fifty -sixth regular session of the General Assembly, which was distributed as document CP/doc.6200/26.

The presentation was made by Mr. Óscar León Suárez, Executive Secretary of CITEL, and is available in document CP/CG/INF.59/26.

At the conclusion of the presentation, the delegations of Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic expressed their thanks and congratulations to CITEL for its results, and reiterated their support for the initiatives mentioned.

The Committee decided to take note of the report and to forward it to the Permanent Council, together with the recommendations and comments of delegations, for submission to the General Assembly for consideration at its fifty-sixth regular session.

results, and reiterated their support for the initiatives mentioned.

The Committee decided to take note of the report and to forward it to the Permanent Council, together with the recommendations and comments of delegations, for submission to the General Assembly for consideration at its fifty-sixth regular session.

4. Follow-up on implementation of resolution AG/RES. 3036 (LV-O/25) “Addressing the Critical Mental Health Crisis in the Americas”

At the request of the Permanent Council, the General Committee addressed the follow -up on the implementation of resolution AG/RES. 3036 (LV -O/25) “Addressing the Critical Mental Health Crisis in the Americas.”

To that end, the General Committee received the report of the Inter-American Working Group on Mental Health, established by the aforementioned resolution, presented by Minister Ciro Leal Martins da Cunha, Alternate Representative of Brazil and Chair of the Working Group, and Minister Counselor Joy-Dee Davis-Lake, Alternate Representative of Antigua and Barbuda and Vice -Chair of the Working Group, whose statements are available in documents CP/CG/INF.60/26 and CP/CG/INF.61/26, respectively.

Subsequently, the General Committee received a presentation by Anselm Hennis, Director of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health at PAHO, on that organization’s strategy to strengthen mental health and suicide prevention in the Americ as region, as well as on possible forms of cooperation with the Inter -American Working Group on the development of the regional plan of action mandated by the General Assembly. The presentation is available in document

CP/CG/INF.62/26.

At the conclusion of the presentations, the delegations of Colombia, Mexico, Belize, Peru, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Uruguay, and Panama expressed their support and gratitude to the Working Group and PAHO for the progress made, noting that challenges in the area of mental health required responses at both the national and regional levels.

Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Uruguay, and Panama expressed their support and gratitude to the Working Group and PAHO for the progress made, noting that challenges in the area of mental health required responses at both the national and regional levels.

After the statements, the General Committee decided to take note of the report of the Working Group and the presentation of the representative of PAHO. It also took note of the Chair’s intention to prepare a draft resolution for the fifty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly with a view to the3adoption of the declaration mandated by resolution AG/RES. 3036 (LV -O/25) and to extending the mandate of the Working Group so that, once the declaration was adopted, work might continue on the formulation of a Regional Action Plan to guide and follow up o n the Regional Mental Health Partnership, in line with the PAHO Strategy for the Region of the Americas.

The Chair indicated that the draft resolution would be presented at the next meeting of the General Committee, scheduled for May 27, 2026, for subsequent referral to the Permanent Council.

5. Consideration of draft resolutions to be referred to the General Assembly at its fifty -sixth regular session

In response to the request made by the Delegation of Costa Rica, in its capacity as Chair of the Permanent Executive Committee of CITEL, the General Committee agreed on the text of the draft resolutions “Amendments to the Statute and Regulations of the Int er-American Telecommunication Commission” and "The Key Role of the Inter -American Telecommunication Commission in Advancing Telecommunications/Information and Communication Technologies," both of which are contained in document CP/CG-2144/26, and to forward them to the Permanent Council for consideration at its next regular meeting, with a view to their subsequent submission to the General Assembly.

6. Preliminary exchange on the method of the review of the OAS Strategic Plan for 2026–2030

Following up on the decision adopted by the Permanent Council at its regular meeting of April

consideration at its next regular meeting, with a view to their subsequent submission to the General Assembly.

6. Preliminary exchange on the method of the review of the OAS Strategic Plan for 2026–2030

Following up on the decision adopted by the Permanent Council at its regular meeting of April 22, 2026, to forward the OAS Strategic Plan for 2026 –2030 to the General Committee with a view to preparing a revised version during the second half of 2026 and i ncorporating the contributions of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, the chair presented a proposal to establish a working group of the General Committee in accordance with Article 13 of the Rules of Procedure, with the specific mandate of reviewing the Strategic Plan.

The chair indicated that the proposal was based on two principles: the need to ensure continuity in the negotiation process in light of the quarterly rotation of the chair of the General Committee, and efficiency in the use of available budgetary resources , considering the limited funds allocated and the operational advantages offered by working groups in terms of costs and working methods.

The delegations of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Canada, Jamaica, Colombia, the United States, and Paraguay commented on the forthcoming review of the OAS Strategic Plan for 2026 –2030 and on the proposal to establish the working group of the General Committee, presenting general and constructive observations without expressing objections to the initiative submitted by the chair for consideration.

For its part, the delegation of The Bahamas indicated that it would consult with its capital regarding the proposal.

In response to the intervention by the delegation of The Bahamas, the Committee agreed to transmit the proposal to establish the Working Group to review the OAS Strategic Plan for 2026–2030 to the Permanent Council for consideration at its regular meeting scheduled for May 6, 2026.- 47. Other business

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 12:36 p.m.