Resolución Nº 73/20 del Consejo Permanente de la Organización de los Estados Americanos

• Date: 18 November 2020
• Resolution Number: 73/20
• Court: Organización de los Estados Americanos (Derecho internacional)

OEA/Ser.G

CP/DEC. 73 (2307/20)

18 November 2020

Original: Spanish

CP/DEC. 73 (2307/20)

SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLES AND GOVERNMENTS OF THE HEMISPHERE THAT HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY NATURAL DISASTERS

(Adopted by the Permanent Council at its virtual regular meeting held on November 18, 2020)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

DISTRESSED by disastrous conditions caused by Eta and Iota, both as hurricanes and tropical storms, including flooding and heavy rains, that have resulted in declarations of states of disaster and/or emergency by the countries of Central and North America and Caribbean Countries;

DEEPLY CONCERNED at the loss of human lives and livelihoods and about persons who suffered injuries or are missing, and also anxious at the severe material and infrastructural damage inflicted, particularly by Eta and Iota;

FURTHER DISTRESSED by the considerable infrastructural and property damage that has been wreaked in some Caribbean countries by intense tropical storms;

TROUBLED that these calamitous conditions worsen the already demanding and difficult public health and economic situation, stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic;

KNOWING that solidarity and brotherhood are essential to the peaceful development and wellbeing of the neighbouring peoples of the Americas;

RECOGNIZING the importance of the OAS in the convening of responses by international and regional organizations, financial and development institutions to provide speedy assistance to affected countries; and

CONSIDERING the importance of an inter-American approach to prevention, mitigation, and response through tools, entities, instruments, and resources to support...