OEA - CP - Resolución CP doc 6185 rev 2

OEA/Ser.G CP/doc. 6185/26 rev. 2 17 April 2026

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DRAFT RESOLUTION

MANDATES MANAGEMENT

(Incorporating the outcomes of the joint informal meeting of the Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, held on April 17, 2026) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY , RECOGNIZING the importance of mandates adopted by the General Assembly through previous resolutions, especially those advancing the strengthening democracy, integral development, multidimensional security, human rights, international law and international legal cooperation; as well as the principles of good governance, efficiency, accountability and transparency; [BAH: adreferendum] ACKNOWLEDGING the ongoing financial constraints of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the importance of ensuring that its mandates are realistically resourced and aligned with strategic priorities; RECOGNIZING the special circumstances of small island developing states and the need to preserve mandates that are essential to their development and participation; RECOGNIZING FURTHER the central role of the Inter-American Human Rights System in the promotion and protection of fundamental rights in the Hemisphere; MINDFUL of the importance of safeguarding institutional stability, concentrating efforts on advancing initiatives already underway within the Organization and ensuring the implementation of current mandates, while also providing the new leadership sufficient space to fully shape the work plan for the OAS Strategic Plan for 2026-2030, that should guide future mandates;

PERMANENT COUNCIL2

RECOGNIZING the institutional advances made in the area of mandate management that were initiated with resolution AG/RES. 2957 (L-O/20), whereby the Permanent Council was instructed to establish a regulatory framework for the Permanent Council committees and the Inter-American

Council for Integral Development to review the program-budget implications of new mandates; RECALLING that since 2021 the General Assembly has taken actions and approved operational tools in that regard, in accordance with resolutions AG/RES. 2971 (LI-O/21), AG/RES. 2985 (LII-O/22), AG/RES. 3011 (LIII-O/23); AG/RES. 1 (LV-E/24); and AG/Res. 3037 (LV-O/25); RECALLING FURTHER that, in accordance with the General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 3037 (LV-O/25), “Reaffirmation of Mandates and Establishment of a Mandate Management Mechanism”), the Permanent Council adopted, on February 18, 2026, a Mandate Management Policy (CP/doc. 6175/26) for the OAS, which also establishes the rules governing the Mandate Management Mechanism; BEARING IN MIND the submittal by the Secretary General to the Permanent Council of document CP/doc. 6198/26 entitled “OAS Strategic Plan for 2026-2030” dated March 31, 2026; and a subsequent presentation to the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs on April 14, 2026, for further consideration; and REAFFIRMING the commitments made in resolutions AG/RES. 1 (LV-E/24), “ProgramBudget of the Organization for 2025” and AG/RES. 1 (LVIII-E/25), “Program-Budget of the Organization for 2026”, including the provisions on the advancement of structural and governance reforms that promote modernization and qualitative improvements, including greater efficiency in the use of resources,3

RESOLVES:

1. To ratify the decision adopted by the Permanent Council and the Inter-American

Council for Integral Development (CIDI) to present for consideration at this session of the General Assembly only those draft resolutions and/or declarations, as applicable, (a) deemed essential for institutional continuity; (b) the administration requires in order to implement its work plan; (c) standalone draft resolutions and/or declarations; (d) approving conventions, plans of action, or declarations already negotiated and closed; (e) dealing with recommendations issued at high-level meetings that require discussion by the General Assembly.

2. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue to examine the “OAS Strategic Plan for 2026-2030”, with input from the CIDI, within the scope of its competencies, in order to have a revised version in the second half of 2026, to establish the strategic objectives for institution-building, for integral management of the Organization, and for each of the areas defined in the Vision of the Organization: strengthening democracy; integral development, multidimensional security, human rights, international law and international legal cooperation.

3. To emphasize the importance of full compliance with the Mandate Management Policy adopted by the Permanent Council and the effective functioning of the Mandate Management Mechanism operated by the General Secretariat under the supervision of the Permanent Council, and to further underscore the need for alignment of mandates—both existing and future—with the overall planning framework and the aforementioned “OAS Strategic Plan for 2026–2030” , as acknowledged by the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs.

4. To reaffirm the urgency of concluding the exercise of debugging the mandates inventory, as well as the classification, costing and prioritizing processes, ensuring that such exercise is compliant with the Mandate Management Policy and the prioritization is aligned with the “OAS Strategic Plan for 2026-2030”.4

5. To instruct the Permanent Council, the CIDI, the General Secretariat, and the other organs identified in Article 53 of the Charter of the Organization of American States to continue pursuing implementation of the previously adopted mandates, unless a particular resolution states otherwise or the mandates have been classified as obsolete, accomplished or eliminated, under the terms of the Mandate Management Policy.

6. To reaffirm that the execution of activities under existing mandates shall be subject to

pursuing implementation of the previously adopted mandates, unless a particular resolution states otherwise or the mandates have been classified as obsolete, accomplished or eliminated, under the terms of the Mandate Management Policy.

6. To reaffirm that the execution of activities under existing mandates shall be subject to financial viability, and to instruct the General Secretariat to prioritize the allocation of resources, in consultation with Member States, to the current mandates that align with institutional priorities and the Mandate Management Policy, including regional balance, strengthening democracy, integral development, multidimensional security, human rights, international law and international legal cooperation.

7. To authorize the Councils, within the framework of their respective functions, to convene the high-level meetings and forums envisaged in conventions and other international instruments currently in force, as well as in resolutions adopted by the General Assembly.