South America (2019)

Concerning the activities of Organization of American States (OAS), in June 2019 the OAS General Assembly adopted its resolution 2939, related to ‘Advancing Hemispheric Initiatives on Integral Development’.1 Through this resolution, the General Assembly, regarding the strategic line: ‘strengthening the implementation of sustainable development goals in accordance with the inter-American program for sustainable development (PIDS) 2016–2021’, instructed the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) to present to the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), before the end of 2019, a proposal to streamline and strengthen the OAS’ tools and entities that support cooperation and dialogue on disaster risk management in the Americas, taking into account the objectives and strategic actions of the PIDS. Such proposal should be developed in coordination with the relevant areas of the OAS and the corresponding organs and entities of the inter-American system, and be aligned with global efforts on these topics according to national and regional contexts, and its potential implementation will be subject to the availability of financial resources in the program budget of the organisation and other resources. The proposal should be focused on the exchange of best practices, experiences, and lessons learned in thematic areas such as: the design of public policies to improve disaster risk management, institutional strengthening, and capacity building, as well as those seeking to improve mediumand long-term recovery and reconstruction efforts in the hemisphere. In addition, SEDI should present an annual report to a joint session of the CIDI and the