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II CONFERENCE OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN UNION OF ELECTORAL ORGANIZATIONS
In Panama City on this twenty-third day of September of nineteen hundred ninety-three,
WE AGREE
1.
"Pro-tempore" Resolution :
Until the III Conference of the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations, the
Union reserves the right to invite any of its members to the meetings or
conferences, when the designation, integration, or autonomy of these is affected as
a result of the rupture of constitutional order in their country.
This decision should be adopted with the favorable vote of at least three fifths of
the members and stated to the Executive Secretariat.
2.
To reiterate the determined support to continue with the HORIZONTAL
COOPERATION efforts among member Electoral Organizations, either under the
coordination of the Executive Secretariat, or bilaterally or multilaterally among
Electoral Organizations, in which case the Executive Secretariat shall be kept duly
informed.
3.
To urge the Electoral Organizations members of the Union to try to obtain financial
resources that allow them contributing to the financing of the System of
Professionalization of Electoral Technicians and Officers, by means of the
Permanent Training Program of such officers or technicians.
4.
To leave evidence that the Observation Missions will take place only within the
framework of the Association. Likewise, we recommend integrating the Observation
Missions with the horizontal cooperation actions.
5.
To request the Executive Secretariat to make available to the members of the
Observation Missions, in advance, most information as possible on the elections to
take place and their context, in order for the members to better perform their job.
6.
To urge Electoral Organizations to contribute, to the extent possible, to the
financing of the Inter-American Union and its regional programs, provided that the
internal law of the respective country allows so.
7.
To publish an Informative Bulletin of the Inter-American Union of Electoral
Organizations, integrating the information which for such purposes is contributed by
the member organizations of the Tikal Protocol, the Quito Protocol, and Election's
Canada. The Executive Secretariat shall distribute such bulleting among the
members on a quarterly basis, with the purpose of disseminating their activities and
those others which, in the opinion of the Executive Secretariat, are of interest or
contribute to the institutional strengthening of the Electoral Organizations.
8.
To warmly welcome Dr. Daniel Zovatto, for his reincorporation to CAPEL´s
Directorate. To express recognition to Licda. Sonia Picado, Executive Director of
the IIHR, and to the Director of CAPEL, for the efficient work performed in the
development of this Conference.
9.
To congratulate the Electoral Tribunal of Panama, their Chief Justice Lic. Eduardo
Valdés Escoffery, their Assistant Chief Justice, Lic. Dennis Allen Frías, and their
Associate Justice, Dr. Guillermo Márquez Amado, as well as the administrative
staff, for the efficient organization of the VIII Conference of the Association of
Electoral Organization of Central America and the Caribbean. To express gratitude
as well to the participants for the warm hospitality they have expressed.
10.
To thank Lic. Rubén Lara León, Executive Director of the Professional and
Electoral Service of Mexico; Lic. Carlos Marino Navarro Fierro, Director for North
and Latin America of the Coordination of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Electoral
Institute of Mexico, and Lic. Víctor Carlos García Moreno, Deputy Justice of the
Central Court of the Federal Electoral Tribunal of Mexico, who have attended the II
Conference as Special Guests.
11.
To thank Licda. Miriam Fuenmayor and Licda. Emma Moreno, officers of the
Supreme Court of Elections of Venezuela, for their attendance.
12.
Appoint Honduras as venue of the III Conference of the Inter-American Union of
Electoral Organizations and Ecuador as alternative venue.
Given in Panama City on this twenty-third day of September of nineteen hundred ninetythree.
For the Office of Elections of Antigua & Barbuda
Mr. Richard A. John
Election Supervisor
Mr. Cosbert Cumberbatch
Member
For the National Electoral Chamber of Argentina
Dr. Rodolfo E. Munné
President
Dr. Jorge H. Otaño Piñero
Secretary
For the National Electoral Court of Bolivia
Dr. Huáscar Cajías
President
Dr. Alfredo Bocángel
Member
For the National Electoral Council of Colombia
Dr. Liliam Suárez
President
Dr. José María Obando
Justice
For the Supreme Court of Elections of
Costa Rica
Lic. Rafael Villegas
President
Lic. Oscar Fonseca
Justice
For the Electoral Service of Chile
Dr. Juan Ignacio García
Director
For the Election Qualifying Court of Chile
Dr. Enrique Zurita
President
For the Supreme Court of Elections of Ecuador
Dr. Carlos J. Arosemena
Member
Dr. Carlos A. Pardo
Member
For the Supreme Court of Elections of El Salvador
Dr. Eduardo B. Colindres
Justice
Dr. Pedro Solórzano
Justice
For the Supreme Court of Elections of Guatemala
Lic. Mario R. Guerra
First Justice
For the National Court of Elections of Honduras
Lic. Mario Aguilar
Secretary
Lic. Guillermo Casco
Justice
For the Supreme Court of Elections of Nicaragua
Dr. Mariano Fiallos
President
Amán Sandino
Justice
Dr. Rosa Marina Zelaya
Secretary
For the Electoral Tribunal of Panama
Lic. Eduardo Valdés
President
Lic. Dennis Allen
Vice-President
Dr. Guillermo Márquez
Justice
For the Central Election Board of Paraguay
Dr. José Luis Ibarra
President
Dr. Rigoberto M. Zarza
Member
For the Central Electoral Board of the Dominican Republic
Dr. Pompilio Bonilla
Member
For the Electoral Commission of Santa Lucia
Mr. Justin Mc Clair Daniel
Director
Mr. George I. Isaac
Member
For the Electoral Court of Uruguay
Dr. Hernán Navascués
Vice-President
Dr. Carlos A. Urruty
Minister
For the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights
Licda. Sonia Picado
Executive Director
For the General Secretariat of the Association of
Electoral Organizations of Central America and the Caribbean
Dr. Daniel Zovatto
CAPEL´s Director