1.TO ENCOURAGE the member states of the OAS to consider the inclusion
of the following paragraph in the “Declaration of Commitment of Port-of-Spain”,
to be adopted by Heads of States and Governments on the Americas at the Fifth
Summit of the Americas on April 19, 2009: “We, the Heads of States and
Governments of the Americas, commit to work jointly with the legislatures of
our respective countries and to promote cooperation between institutions of the
Inter-American system and the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA)
in order to deliver the goals set forth in this Declaration of Commitment.”
2.TO CALL for a formal recognition of the contribution made by
national parliaments to the Summits of the Americas process, through the
attribution, by the Summits Implementation Review Group, of a special observer
status to FIPA.”