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INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE BOARD
Council of Delegates
Minutes of Regular Meeting 1300
August 19th, 2009
I. OPENING
A. Delegations
Member States: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, United
States, and Uruguay.
Observers: Spain and Denmark.
B. Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of Regular Meeting 1299 of June 24th 2009 are
hereby approved.
II. PROTOCOL
A- Welcomes
Colonel Juan VILLEGAS Aldaz, Army of Ecuador, will perform
the duties of Chief of Delegation for his country.
Colonel Victor Manuel BOLAÑOS Carvallo, Army of El Salvador
will perform the duties of Chief of Delegation for his country.
Colonel Roland MAUNDAY, Army of Trinidad and Tobago, will
perform the duties of Chief of Delegation for his country.
Colonel Luiz Claudio Moreira NOVAES, Brazilian Air Force,
will perform the duties of Director of the Sub-secretariat of
Administrative and Conference Services (SACS).
Captain Charles-Marie MATTE, Canadian Navy, will perform the
duties of Delegate for his country.
Captain Daniel AGUIRRE, Chilean Navy, will perform the
duties of Delegate for his country.
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Colonel Mauricio BUSTAMANTE, Colombian Army, will perform
the duties of Delegate for his country.
General Brian T. BISHOP, U.S. Air Force, will perform the
duties of Delegate for his country.
Colonel Gilson de Barros CAPUTO Junior, Brazilian Air Force,
will perform the duties of SAS advisor.
Colonel (Marines) ROMILTON Mello, Brazilian Navy, will
perform the duties of SAS advisor.
Colonel Luis Antonio DUIZIT BRITO, Brazilian Army, will
perform the duties of SAS advisor.
Colonel Fredy PARRA, Colombian Army, will perform the duties
of SAS advisor.
Colonel Marco Lino TAMAYO, Colombian Army, will perform the
duties of SAS advisor.
Colonel Ysidro LOPEZ, Dominican Republic Army, will perform
the duties of SAS advisor.
Colonel Diógenes OGANDO, Dominican Republic Air Force, will
perform the duties of SAS advisor.
Captain Jose Nicolás AGUAYO, Mexican Navy, will perform the
duties of SAS advisor.
Colonel Mario Eduardo ZERPA, Uruguayan Army, will perform
the duties of SAS advisor.
Colonel Zenedir da Mota FONTOURA, Brazilian Army, will
perform the duties of Chief of Staff of the Chair of the Council
of Delegates.
Commander PAULO Cesar Bittencourt FERREIRA, Brazilian Navy,
will perform the duties of Assistant to the Chair of the Council
of Delegates.
Captain SERGIO SANTOS da Rosa, Brazilian Air Force, will
perform the duties of Public Relations Officer.
Sub-lieutenant LAUDEIR Gomes, Brazilian Army, will perform
the duties of Advisor of Finances.
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Suboficial Jose Francisco MASCHKE, Brazilian Air Force, will
perform the duties of Advisor of Conference Services.
Suboficial Almedes AVELINO, Brazilian Navy, will perform the
duties of Chief of Logistics.
First Sergeant KLINGER Cunha, Brazilian Army, will perform
the duties of IT Advisor.
Captain Marcos Sampaio OLSEN, Brazilian Navy, will perform
the duties of IADC Advisor.
Prof. ARMANDO José Sales Machado, Brazil, will perform the
duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Luis Javier PÉREZ Orellanos, Colombian Army, will
perform the duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Iván Darío PINEDA Recuero, Colombian Army, will
perform the duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Juan Carlos RICO, Colombian Army, will perform the
duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Andres ZULUAGA, Colombian Army, will perform the
duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Marcelo Vicente GOMEZ Cobos, Ecuadorian Army, will
perform the duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Nelson Enrique POZO Pozo, Ecuadorian National
Police, will perform the duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Linda GOULD, U.S. Army, will perform the duties of
IADC Assistant Chief of Studies.
Colonel David A. PARR, U.S. Air Force, will perform the
duties of IADC Assistant Chief of Studies.
B- Farewells
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Wayne PHILLIPS-SPENCER, Army of
Trinidad and Tobago, performed the duties of Chief of Delegation
for his country from December 2004 to August 2009.
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Colonel Francisco Antonio BOLAÑOS, Army of El Salvador,
performed the duties of Chief of Delegation for his country from
June 2008 to July 2009.
C- Change of Duties
Colonel Santiago ALMONTE, Dominican Republic Air Force, will
now perform the duties of IADC Advisor.
Colonel Antonio Carlos Freitas de CÓRDOVA, Brazilian Army,
will now perform the duties of Delegate for his country.
Colonel Fernando Souza BEZERRA, Brazilian Air Force, will
now perform the duties of Delegate for his country.
Captain Jose Augusto Viera da CUNHA de Menezes, Brazilian
Navy, will now perform the duties of Delegate for his country.
Colonel UNIVALDO Batista de Sousa, Brazilian Air Force, will
now perform the duties of SAS advisor.
The students of Class 49 of the IADC were introduced.
III. REPORTS
A. Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance
The Chief of Delegation of Canada, chair of the Working
Group, presented the interim report of activities.
The report included the composition of the Group,
background, and methodology adopted.
He informed that after conducting an assessment of the
efforts already in effect in the hemisphere by different
organizations, the gaps of where the IADB could contribute to
the Inter-American system in the field of humanitarian
assistance in disaster situations were identified, outlining
activities that could be developed by the Board.
The Chair presented the key objectives of the Working Group:
1- Facilitate communications, improve coordination and
enhance regional cooperation through integration of best
practices in disaster preparedness and response;
2- Establish basis on which to build capacity in the region
to mitigate, prepare for and respond appropriately to emergency
& disasters;
3- Facilitate military to military collaboration in disaster
preparation & response through joint risk reduction and planning
activities;
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4- Facilitate the process of obtaining authorization for
international humanitarian relief flights; and
5- Ensure widest dissemination of disaster relief protocols
in order to facilitate and maintain consistency amongst as many
nations as possible
The Chair then presented the following proposals designed by
the Group:
1-Officially propose through the appropriate channels of the
System of Cooperation among the Air Forces of the Americas
(SICOFFA), an amendment to Paragraph 4, “Procedures”, Item a,
“Requests”, Part 1, “Advance Notice Period”, stating the
following:
“Timeframe: An advance notice of 48 hours shall be considered
sufficient for submitting an authorization request before an
over flight. It is recommended that whenever possible the
requesting Air Force should provide more advance notice although
in cases of emergency and Humanitarian Assistance situations
this advance notice period may be shortened based on the
circumstances.”
2-Develop, maintain and update an information sharing web
page within the IADB website with the following content:
a- Status of on-going missions,
b- Links to key disaster response documents (governments,
academia, & NGO papers, etc)
c- Matrices of all regional military capabilities,
d- Lists of commodities (and locations) stockpiled in the
region,
e- Disaster Response Points of Contacts for all regional
governments
f- Procedures/protocols for requesting assistance for each
country, with a view to examining the potential for a single
Humanitarian Assistance Protocol for the Member States of the
Inter-American System,
g- Lessons learned/best practices from previous operations.
Based on the records of past natural disasters in the region,
beginning with the most recent, prepare a historical study that
describes the kind of military units employed and, in general,
the number of military and speciality occupations employed to
respond to the disaster. The ultimate goal could be to maintain
a database with inventory of military units or groups formed for
this type of event, associated with the matrices at paragraph c.
h- Links to other regional disaster response organizations,
etc.
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3-Promote and execute courses, seminars, and conferences
(executed by the Presidency, Council of Delegates, Secretariat,
and/or IADC), that serve to create awareness and lead to a
culture of risk prevention and, more specifically, promote the
use of the Logistic Support System of OPS/SUMA, as a unified
tool for the handling of humanitarian supplies.
4-Recommend that the IADB extend the mandate of the IADB DR
WG until December 2010 in order for the WG to have time to make
progress, and in order to present a summary of achievements
during the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas in
Sept 2010. Consider an option that calls the WG to reconvene
annually to review HR/DA lessons learned from the previous year
and make changes as appropriate.
Next steps to be undertaken by the Group:
1- Present interim report to IADB on 19 Aug 2009
2- Seek extension of mandate as recommended in Proposal 4
3- Further refine proposals based on Council of Delegates
feedback and input
4- Prepare motion for acceptance of proposals at October
Board Meeting
5- Present proposals to the OAS Committee on Hemispheric
Security and to the Secretariat for Multi-Dimensional Security
6- Develop implementation plan
B. Goals and Objectives Committee
The Chief of Delegation of Brazil, who chairs over the
Committee, presented the Committee’s report of activities.
Recalling the decisions adopted by the Committee, previously
presented in the Regular Meeting of May 2009:
1- To work only with regular funds granted to the IADB;
2- To optimize the IADB budget, with the goal of reducing
spending by 15%;
3- To separate the Goals and Objectives Plan into two parts;
one to include processes (routine activities) and the other to
include projects;
4- Processes and projects divided into three functional
areas: lecturing courses, providing advice, and promoting
interaction.
He informed that the Committee has prepared and distributed
questionnaires to the IADB directors to enable the Committee to
assess the situation of the Board. He further noted that some of
the responses had not yet been received.
He reported that the Committee has been broken down into two
groups, one to work on designing the processes and projects, and
the other to work on optimizing the budget.
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Finally, the noted the reasons that led the Committee to
request an extension in the timeframe to complete the work, in
accordance with the motion presented subsequently in the
Meeting.
Comments
The Chief of Delegation of Chile asked whether the results
of the Group on Humanitarian Assistance’s work would be
converted into effective planning and integrated to the IADB
plan of goals. He also raised his concern over how the IADB plan
of goals will interconnect with the OAS objectives.
The Chief of Delegation of Brazil commented on the intention
of conducting a meeting with the other Committee Chairs to
coordinate the Works; and in a second phase to hold coordination
meetings with the OAS.
The Chief of Delegation of Uruguay underscored that the
issue of economic resources has been a recurring one, which
limits the development of IADB efforts, and recalled the
organization’s dependence on resources from the host country.
The Chief of Delegation of Brazil informed that the
Committee offered to establish a plan for the activities,
attributing values and prioritizing. He noted that the lack of
resources must not be a limiting factor on efforts. Rather,
these should be the drive for seeking the necessary resources.
The Chief of Delegation of Chile underscored the need to
organize the organization’s goals and objectives, so as to
ensure greater efficiency in the use of resources.
The Chief of Delegation of Uruguay noted that the IADB
Secretariat has already been developing great efforts to
optimize the resources received from the OAS, but that this had
not reduced the dependence on resources received from the host
country.
The Chief of Delegation of Brazil recalled that the first
decision adopted by the Committee was to work only with the
resources received from the OAS, with the aim precisely of
reducing the dependence on resources from the host country.
The Chief of Delegation of Canada agreed that the IADB is
reaching its limit of optimizing resources and that the decision
on implementing activities presented by the different committees
must be well planned, coordinated, and prioritized; otherwise
there is risk that it will not be possible to carry them out.
C. Secretariat
The SAS Director presented the report of activities for the
period of June 18th to August 18th, 2009.
1- Division of Military Affairs:
a- Demining Missions
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Col Córdova, SAS advisor, presented a more detailed account
on the development of activities in each front.
He presented the following data:
MISSION UNFINISHED END DATE
MARMINCA 8 Objectives May 2010
3.18 %
ECUADOR 504,312 October
MARMINAS 78.52 % 2017
PERU 159,523 March
83.6 % 2019
DH 40,189 2010
GMI 12.46 %
COLOMBIA
AEH 20,812
74.40%
b- Confidence-building Measures
Until the present date, 12 countries have presented
information on the measures implemented in 2008.
The reports may still be sent after the deadline expiration.
2- Multidimensional Affairs
a- Emergency simulation exercise in natural disaster
situations using the SIGEN.
Held in Santiago, Chile, on July 20th, involving
representatives of the Conference of American Armies (CAA). The
IADB was present through the SAS, which presented an account of
the Board activities in this field.
Other items of interest:
- Consensus among the participants that the Inter-American
Defense Board, in the quality of Observation Military Body,
could be used by the CAA as a tool to reach the decision-making
levels of the OAS in matters related to humanitarian assistance
in disaster situations, military affairs, and defense policies.
Potential use of Humanitarian Supply Management System
(SUMA) in exercises, offered by the Pan-American Health
Organization.
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b- Presentation by the Pan-American Health Organization
(PAHO)
On July 21, during the meeting of the Inter-American
Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction (IACNDR), the SAS gave a
presentation on the IADB and its activities connected to
humanitarian assistance in disaster situations.
During the Committee activities, two points were underscored
as the basis to develop concrete and coordinated actions to
produce synergy:
- strong and entrusted financing to the Inter-American
body, in the only manner to express a centralized and
powerful result in disaster situations.
- strong commitment of countries in being coordinated and
requested by the Committee, so as to enable working in
coordination to solve problems generated by disasters.
c- Participation in the VII Inter-American Naval
Telecommunications Conference
Held on July 16 in Mayport - Jacksonville – Florida. The
IADB was represented by an SAS advisor who gave a presentation
on the work developed by the organization. In the final minutes
of this event, in Recommendation 23, the IADB was offered to use
the RITN to distribute information of interest to coordination
departments in search and rescue situations, natural disasters,
and other emergency situations.
d- Participation in the XXX Conference of the Military
Legal Committee of the Americas (COJUMA):
Held on August 11, 2009, in Miami, FL. The SAS gave a
presentation on the organization, origins, functions, and
composition of the IADB and its relationship with the OAS, and
also on the coordination in effect with the OAS Department of
International Law and other related bodies, such as ACNUR and
DKPO, focusing on the need to develop a doctrine related to the
law on refugees and also underscoring the convergence of
interests between the IADB and COJUMA, such as the dissemination
of Humanitarian International Law.
e- Participation in the Conference on Security in the
Americas.
Held in the period of 4-7 August in the city of Cartagena,
Colombia.
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3- Analysis Division
a- Coordination meeting with representatives of the OAS
Multidimensional Security Secretariat.
Held on July 27, with the participation of the Chief of the
Secretariat for Multidimensional Security’s Department for the
Coordination of Policies and Programs, and of the IADB Director
General and other advisors, with the aim of establishing
contacts and optimizing the flow of information about activities
involving both entities.
b- CDMA Institutional Memory
Contacts have been established to proceed with the
implementation of the OAS resolution that grants the IADB the
task of maintaining the CDMA’s institutional memory.
The SAS Director also informed of the visits of the
following military schools to the at the IADB headquarters:
- Colégio de Altos Estudios Estratégicos de El Salvador
(College of High Strategic Studies of El Salvador). (July 9)
- Escuela de Graduados de Altos Estudios Estratégicos de la
Republica Dominicana (School of Graduates in High Strategic
Studies of the Dominican Republic). (July 9)
- Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos e Estratégicos de
Chile (National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies of
Chile). (June 24)
- Instituto Superior de Guerra de Ecuador (Superior
Institute of War of Ecuador). (August 7)
Other SAS activities reported by the Director:
- Coordination with officers of the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) to develop efforts for the training of Forces,
including the participation in IADB activities and interaction
with regional and sub-regional organizations.
- Meeting with the Chief of the Peacekeeping Operations
Training Department UN DPKO, which determined the need to
implement the IADB initiatives and improve interaction
processes, particularly in education and doctrine.
- Participation in the PEP (Partnership for Effective
Peacekeeping) Group with the UNDPKO, governmental and non-
governmental organizations to facilitate training of military
units in Peacekeeping Operations.
- Coordination with officials from the UN, OAS, and Regional
Organizations on developing initiatives associated to the
Commission on the Needs of Small States and the Working Group on
Humanitarian Assistance.
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- Meeting with Sustainable Democracy Department and Special
Missions on International Affairs, International Law, and other
OAS departments, to improve knowledge and interaction with the
IADB.
- Coordination with different organizations to develop a
conference in the field of defense and security with the
University of West Indies, Jamaica.
The SSAC stated that the sub-secretariat is pending the OAS
approval of the 2010 budget, scheduled for September 30, to
adjust the IADB’s Resource Distribution Plan and present it for
approval before the Council.
Comments:
The Chief of Delegation of Colombia, referring to the
presentation on demining missions, requested an explanation
regarding the figures, which were considered low for the work
carried out in MARMINAS and MARMINCAS; and that these
explanations be included in the Secretariat’s report.
The SAS Director informed that he will review the report and
explained that various factors affect the demining efforts,
which are conducted by the host countries, where the IADB is in
charge only of certification.
The Chief of Delegation of Uruguay thanked the presentation
on the demining efforts and presented his concern regarding the
safety of personnel involved in these activities. He noted that
in his opinion the IADB should not support the activities unless
the teams have the necessary safety equipment. Regarding the
MFCS report, he requested that the Subsecretariat always direct
requests for information on the country to the Chief of
Delegation.
The SAS Director informed that the needs for safety
equipment are sent to the AICMA Program, which is responsible
for their provision. He informed that the chiefs of missions are
instructed not to proceed with the activities if the safety
equipment is not available.
C. Inter-American Defense College
Gen Rodriguez presented the following report of activities
for the IADC.
He informed that Class 49 had fulfilled 6 weeks of the
Program, which accounts for 12% of the course.
He presented the following activities carried out by Class
49:
• Admissions Process
• Academic Orientation
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• Essay Research and Writing Techniques
• Ethics
• Visit to Ft. Myer/Ft. Lesley McNair and Washington D.C.
• OAS Visit / Seminar
Future Activities
• Sports Day
• Visit to Think Tanks
• Module I International Relations
a) Strategic Information
b) Strategic Analysis
• Visit to Gettysburg and New York
(October 26-30)
D. Activities of the Chair of the Council of Delegates
- Courtesy visit to the OAS Assistant Secretary for
Multidimensional Security, Ambassador Addor Neto.
- Courtesy visit to then President of the Committee on
Hemispheric Security, Mexican Ambassador to the OAS, Albin.
- Visit to Dr. Downie, Director of the Hemispheric and
Defense Studies.
- Courtesy visit to the President of the OAS Permanent
Council, Chilean Ambassador to the OAS, Oyarce.
- Courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary for Integral
Development and Director General of the Inter-American Agency
for Cooperation and Development, Guatemalan Ambassador to the
OAS, Quiñonez.
- Courtesy visit to then future President of the Committee
on Hemispheric Security, Canadian Ambassador to the OAS, Graeme
Clark.
- Participation in the Protocol Section of the OAS Permanent
Council, with the presence of Chilean President Bachelet.
- Participation in the graduation ceremony of the Inter-
American Defense College.
- Visits to the following Delegations:
- Delegation of Nicaragua, Col Torres;
- Delegation of Peru, Admiral Carlos Gamarra;
- Delegation of Ecuador, Col Drouet;
- Delegation of Chile, Gen Biskupovic;
- Delegation of Mexico, Gen Cordero;
- Delegation of Guatemala, Col Lopez;
- Delegation of the Dominican Republic, Gen Apolinar;
- Delegation of Paraguay, Col Garcete;
- Delegation of Canada, Major-General Langton.
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- Delegation of Haiti, Minister Counsellor Leon, with
the presence of the Haitian Ambassador to the OAS Duly
Brutus;
- Delegation of Uruguay, Admiral Lebel;
- Delegation of Colombia, Gen Behar, with the presence
of Colombian Ambassador to the OAS Luis Alfonso.
- Visit to the Inter-American Defense College (IADC).
- Visit to the OAS Secretary General, Ambassador Insulza.
- Visit to the Canadian Embassy, Ambassador Graeme Clark, to
address the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas
(CDMA)”.
- On August 3-5: participation in the 1st South American
Conference (SOUTHSEC) in Cartagena, CO, on the topic of “Public-
Private Cooperation in Humanitarian operations”, as Regional
Observer.
Regarding this Conference, he underscored the opportunity to
meet the current commander of the U.S. Southern Command, General
Fraser and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces of participating
countries. Most of the topics addressed involved “security” and
not “Defense.”
Among the different presentations given, he noted the
presentation made by General Padilla, Commander of the Colombian
Armed Forces, who at the time also answered for the Ministry of
Defense, on the difficult process of combating the FARC, which
also included a summary of the current combat situation.
Visits received in the Casa do Soldado:
- Visit of Lieutenant General Pertusi, Director of
the Department of International Affairs of the
Brazilian Ministry of Defense.
- Visit of Spanish Minister of Defense, Dra. Carme
Chacón, with the Spanish Ambassador to the United
States.
- Visit of the Chief of Delegation of the Dominican
Republic, Gen Apolinar.
- Visit of the Chief of Delegation of El Salvador,
Col Bolaños.
- Visit from Professor Guilherme Pacheco, Assistant-
Professor of the Center for Hemispheric and Defense
Studies, also with a presentation given on the
“Inter-American Security and Defense System.”
- Visit of the Director-Master of the University of
El Salvador of Argentina, Dr. Paz.
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- Visit of Regional Representatives of the Red Cross
in the United States and Canada, Mr. Loane, Mr.
Serreti, and Mrs. Studemeister.
- Visit of General Smith, from the U.S. Delegation.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHAIR
On August 20: Visit to the Bolivian Ambassador, to
address, among other issues, the next “Conference of Defense
Ministers of the Americas (CDMA)”.
In the period from August 30 to September 4,
participation in the “XL Conference of Chiefs of the American
Armed Forces – CONJEFAMER (SICOFAA), in Santiago, Chile”.
V. BUSINESS ADDRESSED
A. Motion of the Delegation of Canada – Additional
guidelines for the Goals and Objectives Committee
Preamble:
The aim of this Motion is to refine the direction from the Council of
Delegates to the Goals and Objectives Committee, whose results will
influence the work of future Budget Committees.
In the event that resource reductions are necessary, the Council must
be able to define the impact and prioritize the activities to be cut;
conversely, should an unresourced (new) activity be judged worthwhile,
the Council will require complete and detailed information in order to
campaign for the associated resources. Defining concrete deliverables
will enable resources to be assigned to activities rather than to
entities, clearly associating the inputs allocated by the Council to
the expected outputs or products.
Motion
1- With the purpose of clarifying direction to the Goals and
Objectives Commission, mindful of the Council's responsibility to
provide sufficient, clear direction to the Commissions and Working
Groups that we establish; and also
2- mindful of the possibility of future resource constraints that may
require the Council to prioritize programmes and activities of the
Inter-American Defense Board,
The Canadian Delegation submits the following motion to be approved at
the Regular Meeting 1300, on August 2009, by the Council of Delegates:
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That the Goals and Objectives Commission develop and specify
concrete deliverables that will add value to the Inter-American
system, for the entities of the Inter-American Defense Board. In
particular, the Commission must define concrete and measurable outputs
for the Secretariat and its Sub-Secretariats.
After remarks from the SAS Director and the Chief of
Delegation of Uruguay, the motion was voted on and approved by
15 votes.
B. Motion of the President of the Committee on Goals and
Objectives – Extension of the timeframe to conclude the works
CONSIDERING:
1. The Report presented by The Goals and Objectives
Committee in the current Meeting of the Council of Delegates.
2. The Motion presented by the Delegation of Canada at
the Regular Meeting 1299, on June 17, 2009.
3. The IADB recess in the month of July and the change of
authorities, delegates, advisors and members of the Committee
during this period.
MOTION:
That the Council of Delegates approves:
Extend the working period of the Goals and Objectives
Committee until November 2009, with the purpose of permitting
the accomplishment of the initial motion.
After remarks from the Delegations of Peru and Canada, the
motion was voted on and approved by 15 votes.
VI. Other Business
The representative of the Delegation of Argentina presented
the suggestion that the SAS should propose topics to be
developed by the IADC students. The IADC Director informed that
this class will not be required to present a thesis paper, but
that a list of current topics could be of great value for those
who choose to enroll in the master’s programs offered, and added
that a list of current topics will be sent to the delegations
requesting comments and suggestions.
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The Chief of Delegation of Uruguay regretted the absence of
the representation of Honduras, expressing his wish that the
situation may be promptly resolved.
Official:
Marcos Carvalho Costa Luiz Claudio Moreira Novaes
Commander, Brazilian Navy Colonel, Brazilian Air Force,
Assistant Secretary of Conference Brazil
Services SSAC Director
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