May 13-15, 2002
Washington D.C.

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8:30-9:00 a.m.      Registration of Participants

9:00-9:30 a.m.      Opening Ceremony:

Welcoming Remarks by the President of the Directing Council, Mr. Brian Ward.
Opening Remarks by the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Ambassador Luigi Einaudi.

9:30-10:00 a.m. 1^st Session - Plenary - Matters of Procedure:

• Approval of Accreditations
• Approval of the Order of Business
• Approval of the Final Report of the 76th Meeting
• Approval of the Procedure and deadline for the presentation of Draft Resolutions
• Appointment of Working Group to review Agreements signed by the Office of the Director General
• Place and Date of the 78th Meeting of the IIN Directing Council.

10:00-10:20 a.m. Coffee Break

10:20-11:00 a.m. 2^nd Session:

President's Report
Plenary – Comments

11:00-12:30 p.m. 3^rd Session:

Annual Report by the Director General
Plenary – Comments

12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch

2:00-3:15 p.m. 4^th Session – National Reports:

  Brief Reports by Delegates on Current National Issues

 (Estimated 5-10 minutes each; the Executive Committee suggested that the following issues be covered as part of the National Reports, but any other information is also welcome.)

Suggested Issues: a) Abuse and Sexual Exploitation: lessons learnt.
                            b) Birth Registration.
                            c) Trends in Juvenile Justice.

3:15-3:30 p.m. Coffee Break

3:30-5:00 p.m. 5^th Session:

National Reports (Continues)

9:00-10:30 a.m. 1^st Session:

Academic Symposium on Family and Disabilities in memory of María Eloísa García Etchegoyhen de Lorenzo.

10:30-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 p.m. 2^nd Session:

     Follow-up of the United Nations Special Session on Children.

12.30-1:00 p.m.   3^rd Session:

    75^th Anniversary of IIN

1:00-2:30  p.m.  Lunch

2:30-3:45 p.m.  4^th Session:

Election of President and Vice-President of the Directing Council and members of   the Executive Committee.

3:45-4:00 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00-5:00 p.m. 5^th Session:

  Plenary - Legal and Administrative Affairs -

• Patrimonial Funds
• Executive Committee – Terms of reference
• Other issues

8:30-10:15 a.m. 1^st Session - Plenary:

Debate on the Draft Resolutions presented:

• Consideration of the Agreements signed by the Office of the Director General subject to the approval of the Directing Council
• Draft Resolutions presented at the 77th Meeting of the IIN Directing Council requiring urgent consideration
• Draft Resolutions for Discussion and Debate presented at the 77th Meeting of the IIN Directing Council

10:15--10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

10:30--11:30 a.m. 2^nd Session - Plenary:

Debate on Draft Resolutions

11:30--11:45 a.m. Recess

11:45-12:45 p.m. 3^rd Session - Plenary:

Approval of Resolutions
Other Business

12:45-1:30 p.m. 4^th Session: Closing Ceremony