3rd Plenary Assembly - Valparaiso, Chile 2004

OBJECTIVES

• To discuss the role of parliamentarians in the fight against terrorism, the FTAA process, and the harmonization of hemispheric tax systems, and to develop recommendations for the hemisphere’s parliaments.

WORKING GROUPS

1. Confronting the Threat of Terrorism

2. Formalizing Parliamentary Involvement in the FTAA Negotiations

3. Fiscal Systems in the Americas: Assessing the Need for Coordinated Tax Reforms

4. Group of Women Parliamentarians

AGENDA

ARTICLES

• Terrorism and Democracy in the Americas (Rut Diamint - Working Group 1)
• Central American Legislative Efforts to Combat Terrorism (Jorge Calderón - Working Group 1)
• The FTAA: Debate and Negotiations (Verónica Silva - Working Group 2)
• Tax Systems of the Americas (Juan Cristóbal Bonnefoy - Working Group 3)
• Democratic Governance: Public Policy from a Gender Perspective.The Need to Incorporate Women and Men in Regional Development Strategies (Sonia Montaño - Group of Women Parliamentarians)
• Advances and Challenges in Equal Opportunity Policies for Women (Patricia Silva Meléndez - Group of Women Parliamentarians)

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Working Group 1. Confronting the Threat of Terrorism
• Working Group 2. Formalizing Parliamentary Involvement in the FTAA Negotiations
• Working Group 3. Fiscal Systems in the Americas: Assessing the Need for Coordinated Tax Reforms
• Group of Women Parliamentarians

REPORT

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