AVISOS

NOTICIAS

Chapter I

Of the Nature of the Organization

Article 1

The Permanent Conference of Political Parties from Latin America and the Caribbean (hereinafter COPPPAL), is a non-governmental political party composed by the political parties and organizations that have subscribed to the Declaration of Oaxaca, and that agree on the fact that all the declarations, resolutions and documents approved by the Plenary Session rule their public and internal lives.

Article 2

COPPPAL is a forum of Nationalist, Progressive and Democratic Parties which give priority to sovereignty matters, it also pronounces in favour of the establishment of a fairer and most equitable international order and of the unity of Latin American societies.

Article 3

COPPPAL agrees on affirming that it cannot imagine any kind of democracy without Political Parties an that politics should be sustained with superior values

Article 4

COPPPAL commits itself to fight for the democracy that guarantees the participation of majorities and minorities in the decisive functions of the State, through a safe judicial framework that guarantees individual public liberties, the full right for political participation and the respect for ideological diversity.

Article 5

COPPPAL is an organization that is in search of political decisions in order to promote a fairer wealth distribution that comes from economic development and globalization process.

Article 6

COPPPAL promotes its fight against the violation of human rights, committing itself to act permanently and concretely for states to develop, according to the situations of each country, more efficient politics in order to encourage the respect for these rights.

Article 7

The emblem of COPPPAL consists of a figure of the map of Latin America and the Caribbean, painted in green on a white background. Under the emblem, it is written the slogan “ Por la Integración y la Unidad de América Latina y el Caribe” (“Towards Latin American and Caribbean Integration”).

Chapter II

Of the aims of the Conference

Article 8

COPPPAL is the most important forum of Political Parties in Latin America and the Caribbean, founded on October, 12, 1979 in Oaxaca, Mexico, and whose aims are:

I. To defend democracy and judicial-political institutions, as well as to create a favorable atmosphere for their development and performance;

II. To strengthen the principle of self-determination and independency of Latin American and Caribbean societies and the judicial equality of the States;

III. To promote the process of regional integration and cooperation for Latin American and Caribbean societies;

IV. To support any initiative that encourages disarmament and a strict respect for the principle of reaching pacific solutions regarding conflicts among States;

V. To promote protection, sovereignty and the better use of natural resources of each country in the region;

VI. To carry out joint actions that could aim the establishment of a fairer international economy;

VII. To promote the respect for human rights that include social and economic rights and the right for the institution of political asylum;

VIII. To encourage the representation of Political Parties becoming efficient representatives of social interests and to promote their autonomy before the powers of the Government.

Article 9

In order to achieve its aims, COPPPAL will have the cooperation of its associated Political Parties, it will establish the bodies and commissions it deems necessary and encourage the mechanisms for discussions, enquiries and cooperation among the Political Parties that are members of COPPPAL.

Chapter III

Of the Members of COPPPAL

Article 10

The COPPPAL is integrated by:

A. Full Members:

By Full Member we understand one or more legally constituted political parties of each Latin American and Caribbean country. They can participate in the sessions carried out by the Conference with both the right of say and the right to vote thereat. The political parties that have full rights are those that are members of COPPPAL because they have subscribed to the Declaration of Oaxaca, before this Statute was adopted, and maintain a legal political registry in their countries. Full members would be able to be part of the managing bodies.

B. Associated Members

By Associated Members we understand those Latin American and Caribbean political parties that can have the right of say but have no voting rights in the sessions carried out by this Conference. Associated members are those political parties and organizations that could be members of COPPPAL after the subscription to the Declaration of Oaxaca and the approval of this Statute and those which maintain a legal political registry. Associated members could participate in all the scheduled and special activities to be carried out by the Conference.

C. Participant Members

By Participant Members it is understood those political parties that having been full or associated members have lost the elections in their countries, the political representation and social popularity required to maintain their political registry. Participant Members can participate in all the scheduled or special activities to be carried out by the Conference, but they have not full voting rights. They will be able to obtain their original member condition only once they have regained the political registry in their county.

D. Guests

It is understood by Hosts those national, regional or international political parties or organizations as well as officers and dignitaries who having been invited by the Conference often assist to its events.

E. Special Guests

Special Hosts are those who according to the specific matters discussed upon COPPPAL activities add new knowledge to them.

With a previous request, associated members could become full members after a year of having joined COPPPAL by obtaining the larger number of votes from the Plenary Sessions and by recommendation of the General Coordination Commission.

By recommending, admitting and suggesting new members, the Admission, General Coordination and Plenary Commissions will be in charge of supervising these members for them to commit themselves and defend the principles and provisions of COPPPAL and to contribute to the achievement of them. Membership and admission requirements of COPPPAL will be subject to the respective regulations.

Chapter IV

Of the rights and duties of the members of COPPPAL

Article 11

COPPPAL political parties commit themselves to be respectful and helpful to one another; to assist to the meetings called by the Conference and to participate actively in its programs and activities; to pay the annual membership fees to be imposed by the Financing and Administrative Commission; and to promote, develop and defend the basic principles and programmatical and philosophic provisions of the organization.

COPPPAL will be in charge of matters of general interest defined by its members and there will be no opportunity to talk about the internal political differences that may exist among its members.

Chapter V

Of the structure of COPPPAL

Article12

The Permanent Conference of Political Parties from Latin America and the Caribbean consists of the following bodies:

1. Plenary Commission

2. General Coordination Commission

3. Chairmanship

4. Associated Chairmanship

5. Executive Secretary

6. Permanent, Special and Ad Hoc. Commissions

The Political Party and not the individual is the one which will be in charge of the responsibility assigned to it in order to hold offices of COPPPAL. In case the Political Party in charge deems it necessary to replace the person who holds a position, this replacement must be notified to the Executive Secretary, who will notify this resolution to all member Parties. This notification must take place in a reasonable time so as not to alter the work standards attached to this office.

In case of replacement of the Chairman of COPPPAL, the Assistant Chairman will be in charge of, through the Executive Secretary, notifying this resolution to the member parties.

Chapter VI

Of the nature and functions of COPPPAL Bodies

Of the Plenary Commission

Article 13

COPPPAL Plenary Commission is the most important body of the organization and it consists of all the full members of the Conference. There is one Ordinary Plenary Session held once a year, besides all of the rest extraordinary sessions, and it is called due to specific matters and purposes. The Chairman, according to the General Coordination Commission and to the member Party that is the host of the meeting, will opportunely announce the date of the respective session.

Plenary Commission is in charge of electing the Chairman, who will hold office for a period of three years. The Chairman candidacy must be backed by 10 full members before the General Coordination Commission, previously to the day when the election will be carried out.

Article 14

The quorum of the Plenary Session will be composed by the absolute majority of all members. Each member has the right for one vote. The resolutions will be taken by the simple majority, except for other provisions set forth in the Statutes.

Each matter to be discussed in the Plenary Session will be voted, save for a specific provision or an opposite agreement. In case there were tie, the Chairman will have the casting vote; if he is not present at the Plenary Session, the Vice-Chairman will chair the session. In case the session were chaired by another member of the General Coordination Commission, he will have the casting vote.

Article 15

The central office of the Plenary Commission will be determined by the General Coordination Commission according to the decision made by the member of the Conference who is willing to be the guest.

Article 16

The Plenary Commission of COPPPAL will count with a managing board that will be in charge of the agenda and of leading the debate. The Board will be composed by the Chairman of the Conference, the Executive Secretary and the Vice-Chairmen.

Of the General Coordination Commission

Article 17

COPPPAL General Coordination Commission consists of a Chairman, an Assistant Chairman, a group of up to fifteen regionally representative Vice-Chairmen from different political parties or political organizations, an Executive Secretary and up to four Assistant Secretaries. The leader of the feminine organization member of COPPPAL will have a permanent representation in her role of vice-chairwoman.

The General Coordination Commission is the maximum body among the celebrations of the Plenary Sessions. The General Coordination Commission will hold meetings as many times as the Chairman deems convenient. Its main function is to guarantee the continuity of the tasks of the Conference, in accordance with the lineaments, declarations and resolutions made by the Plenary Sessions. In case of temporary impossibility to comply with the celebration of a General Coordination Session due to extraordinary reasons outside the General Coordination Commission, the Chairman or the Assistant Chairman will be entitled, asking previously the members of this body, to call opportunely a new session.

Article 18

The members of the General Coordination Commission are elected by the Plenary Commission for a period of three years. They act as permanent representatives of their respective political parties and they must be national high-qualified political leaders.

The members of the General Coordination Commission are elected through the positive vote of the simple majority of the members who assist to the Plenary Session, for a period of three years and may be re-elected.

Article 19

General Coordination Sessions will be called by the Chairman as many times as he deems convenient for the proper performance of COPPPAL. General Coordination Sessions will be called by the Chairman, asking previously the other members of COPPPAL. The general Coordination Session will be compulsorily called at least once before the celebration of the Plenary Session in order to arrange the agenda and the program to be discussed as well as to arrange when and where the Session will take place.

Article 20

The decisions of the General Coordination Session will be taken by the simple majority of the assisting members. Each matter to be discussed will be voted. In case of tie, the Chairman will have the casting vote; if he does not assist to the session, the Vice-Chairman will chair it. In case the session were chaired by another member of the General Coordination, he will have the casting vote.

The General Coordination Sessions of COPPPAL could be extended to other people, inviting the Chairmen of Permanent, Special and Ad Hoc Commissions, as well as other dignitaries and national and international organizations and COPPPAL member political parties, only with the determination of the General Coordination Commission and the approval of the Chairman.

Of the Chairman

Article 21

The Chairman, being a political leader of a high-qualified political party with full condition in the Conference, will be the official representative of the organization and will chair all the activities of COPPPAL. He will be in charge of taking fundamental measures and decisions necessary to promote and fulfill the interests and aims of COPPPAL.

The central office of the Chairmanship can be placed in the country of the Political Party that is in charge of it.

Article 22

Rights and Duties of the Chairman

A. To chair Plenary, General Coordination Sessions, as well as any other scheduled event of the Conference;

B. To supervise the decisions made by the Plenary and General Coordination Sessions;

C. To provide the General Coordination and Plenary Commissions, through the Executive Secretary, a annual report with activities;

D. To subscribe together with the Executive Secretary to the minutes of the General Coordination and Plenary Sessions as well as to any other correspondence or documentations of COPPPAL that would require it;

E. To promote international relationships with other Latin American or foreign institutions;

F. To promote the judicial representation of the Conference;

G. To invite the members of COPPPAL and non-member political parties, organizations and dignitaries to participate to the different sessions of the Conference;

H. To draft the annual budget to be presented to and be approved by the General Coordination Commission;

I. To delegate faculties and duties to other bodies or members of the Conference;

J. To administrate, through the Executive Secretary, the resources of COPPPAL and provide the General Coordination and Plenary Commissions a report on the financial status of the Conference;

K. Whatever tasks entrusted to him by these Statutes and other applicable resolutions.

Article 23

The Chairman will entitle the Executive Secretary to transmit among the members of COPPPAL, the agreements, declarations and resolutions passed by the Plenary and the General Coordination Commissions. Furthermore, it should issue news bulletin to the member parties with the most important activities of COPPPAL. These bulletins could be circulated among other COPPPAL non-member international and national organizations, and other Political Parties and media.

Of the Assistant Chairman

Article 24

The Founder Chairman will be the Assistant Chairman of COPPPAL and he will hold a permanent condition. The Assistant Chairman supports the General Coordination Commission and he has the possibility of assuming temporarily the Chairmanship of the Conference in case of replacement of the political leader who in representation of his party holds unlawfully the Chairmanship of COPPPAL. The Assistant Chairman will issue the convocation of a General Coordination meeting at least thirty days before the meeting to elect the person who will replace the Chairman. The Executive Secretary will notify the members of the Conference that decision passed by the Chairman.

Of the Vice-Chairmen

Article 25

The Vice-Chairmen will help COPPPAL to fulfill its objectives and to perform the actions of the Conference. Their political leaders commit themselves to participate in ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Plenary and General Coordination Sessions. Vice-Chairmen could participate in the meetings carried out by the Permanent, Special and Ad Hoc Commissions.

Of the Executive Secretary

Article 26

The Executive Secretary is the officer in charge of the implementation and communication of COPPPAL. It is the officer in charge of implementing the policies and decisions issued by the Plenary and General Coordination Commissions. It must arrange meetings, inform members about the functioning of COPPPAL and promote the organization at all levels. It must carry out the tasks imposed on him by the Chairman of the Conference.

Article 27

The Executive Secretary is composed by an Executive Officer and a representative sufficient number of Assistant Officers, taking their subregional representation into account. The Executive Secretary is an auxiliary body of the Chairman and the General Coordination Commission. It will have the staff and the material necessary to perform secretarial functions. It will count with a file that will provide it with all the information related to the decisions and activities of COPPPAL.

Article 28

The Executive Officer will be a well-known leader of a full member Political Party of COPPPAL, who will have a vast experience in international framework and he will be appointed by the Chairman prior to consulting the General Coordination Commission and to being approved by the Plenary Commission.

Article 29

The Assistant Officers will be elected by the General Coordination Commission and their function is to be Sub-Regional Auxiliaries of the Executive Officer.

They are selected according to an operative criterion from the different Su- Regions of the Continent and they will perform their activities in their own regions.

Article 30

Rights and Duties of the Executive Secretary

A. According to the commission of the Chairman, he will supervise the fulfillment of the resolutions passed by the bodies of COPPPAL; he will issue convocations to Plenary and General Coordination Sessions and he must inform periodically the members of COPPPAL about the performance and decisions of the organization, resolutions and agreements of the managing bodies and working commissions;

B. The Chairman will entitle the Executive Secretary, on the approval of the General Coordination Commission, to arrange regional and sub-regional events about special issues; acts of solidarity and related activities;

C. The Executive Secretary will take care of the files and resources of COPPPAL and will manage and administrate the publications and activities of the Conference;

D. The Executive Secretary will inform members about the scheduled program passed by the Chairman and others for the General Coordination and Plenary Sessions thirty days before the meeting;

E. Draw up and submit to the approval of the corresponding managing bodies the project of the annual budget of revenue and expenses;

F. The Executive Secretary must collect and administrate the assets, under the orientation of the Chairman and in accordance with the activities approved by the Plenary and the General Coordination Commissions; and with the provisions set forth in this Statute;

G. It should Render account of the handling of the funds to the corresponding managing bodies;

H. He must prepare and submit, at the request of the members of COPPPAL or on its own initiative, to the consideration of the corresponding managing bodies, the programs, projects and working plans in coordination with the Commissions of the Conference;

I. He must watch over the activities of the Plenary and General Coordination Commissions;

J. He must perform the mandates of the Chairman and assist him in the fulfillment of his duties and obligations;

K. He must perform the legal representation of the Chairman of COPPPAL in his absence;

L. He must abide by and enforce the resolutions approved by the Plenary and General Coordination Sessions;

The Executive Officer must carry out other tasks imposed on him by these Statutes and any other applicable provisions.

Of the Commissions of COPPPAL

Article 31

COPPPAL will be composed by organic, permanent, special and Ad Hoc. commissions. The Organic Commissions are: the Auditing and Administrative Commission and the Admission Commission. The General Coordination Commission can create, abolish and merge, by simple majority, Permanent, Special and Ad Hoc. Commissions in order to perform tasks and activities in accordance with the interest of the Conference, at the request of the Chairman or any other member. The Foundation of COPPPAL will have the level of Organic Commission.

Article 32

The Permanent Commission will study and analyze systematically the different issues which are of general interest for the Conference and draw up and submit to the consideration of the General Coordination Commission reports and working plans. These reports and plans will be presented in the Plenary Session.

Article 33

The function each commission must perform is that corresponding to their own nomenclature. The Plenary Commission, or in other cases the General Coordination Commission, will approve the function, name and mandate and it will appoint the seat and the political party to be in charge of presiding this Commission. The Executive Secretary will issue the convocation.

Article 34

The integration of the Permanent Commissions will be carried out in such a way that it could reflect the balance among the sub-regions of the Continent and the representation of their members.

Article 35

The Permanent Commissions will hold sessions as many times as they deem convenient for the good performance of their activities. They are composed by a Chairman, a General Secretary and at least three members elected by the General Coordination Commission. The seat of this Commission will be established in the country of the member who will preside over it. The Chairman will be elected by the Plenary or the General Coordination Commissions. The Political Party that will direct it must provide sufficient funds to perform their tasks and activities.

Article 36

All the members interested in the issues and related activities can participate in the performance of the tasks of each Commission. These members can appoint before each commission up to two representatives, who must be experts in the tasks of the Commission.

Article 37

Each Commission could suggest the Chairman the admission of regional institute representatives related to COPPPAL or expert Latin American or Caribbean dignitaries as consultants.

Article 38

Each Commission will prepare a working plan. This plan, as well as reports and projects drawn up by the Commission, will able its members to undertake initiatives in the task framework of the Commission. These plan, reports and projects will be presented to the corresponding bodies of COPPPAL through the Executive Officer who will submit them to the member parties of the Conference.

Article 39

The Chairman, through the Executive Officer, shall coordinate the functions to be carried out by the Permanent Commissions. The Chairman can also consult their suggestions and results to the members, and he can submit them to the corresponding bodies and make them circulate among the members. If a Commission fails to perform its tasks, the Chairman must suggest the General Coordination Commission the corresponding changes to be adopted for its reactivation or dissolution.

Article 40

Local expenses related to the functioning of each Commission must be afforded by the Political Party that presides the Chairmanship of such Commission. The expenses of the delegates who assist to each meeting or participate in each activity will be afforded by their respective political parties.

Article 41

The Commissions must submit to the Chairman, through the Executive Officer, working reports and projects which will be discussed in each Plenary Session.

Article 42

Special and Ad Hoc. Commissions will be established on the approval of the General Coordination Commission with the purpose of following up an extraordinary or contingent matter which all of the members of the Conference deem important, and drawing up reports and suggesting initiatives to be considered by the Chairman, the General Coordination and Plenary Commissions.

Chapter VII

Of the Financing of COPPPAL

Article 43

In order to provide COPPPAL with the resources necessary to perform its functions, all members commit themselves to make an annual contribution. The criterion for establishing the maintenance fees is set forth in the respective regulations, taking the political and economic situation and the economic possibilities of the members into account as well as other specific aspects in each case.

Article 44

The Plenary Commission will annually adjust the scale of contributions according to the necessities of COPPPAL and to the scheduled activity program.

Chapter VIII

Of the Admission Commission

Article 45

The Admission Commission will be in charge of analyzing and evaluating COPPPAL membership applications and it will be composed by full members. To be a member of COPPPAL it is necessary to subscribe to the Declaration of Oaxaca and to all basic documents approved by the Plenary Commission. Members must be a Political Party or organization legally constituted in compliance with the laws of their countries and must demonstrate their importance through electoral participations and parliamentary representation and/ or their participation in the national political framework.

Article 46

At the request of the General Coordination Commission, the Plenary Commission must decide upon exceptional memberships in case of lack of registry or parliamentary representation due to wreaking of the democratic order or any other political circumstances in their respective countries. The Admission Commission will pass its reasonable opinion to the General Coordination Commission which will then submit a definitive proposal to Plenary Commission which will finally arrive at a decision.

Article 47

The General Coordination Commission is in charge of recommending the approval, conditioning or exclusion of members. The Plenary Commission is in charge of admitting new members or maintaining memberships. This process will be decided upon the vote of the simple majority in a Plenary Session.

Article 48

In order to express its opinion, the Admission Commission will take into account the fact that applicants comply with all the requirements set forth in the Membership and Admission Regulations of this Conference. If the applicant fails to comply with one of the requirements set forth in the aforementioned regulations, the Commission will not be able to give the applicant a favorable opinion.

Article 49

A Political Party that wants to be admitted as a member of COPPPAL shall submit the corresponding application to the Chairman. This application will be studied by and submitted to the Admission Commission which will later consult the political party or parties which are part of COPPPAL in that country, ensuring that the political task could be performed in a positive perspective.

The Admission Commission will pass its reasonable opinion to the General Coordination Commission. The proposal will be submitted to the Plenary Commission which will finally arrive at a decision.

Admission, General Coordination and Plenary Commissions will recommend, suggest and admit new members in accordance with the fundamental documents of the applicant, its historical trajectory and its political representation as well as its commitment to transmit the principles and resolutions of COPPPAL and contribute to their compliance, supervising the attainment of the principles and resolutions of COPPPAL as well as this Statute.

Chapter IX

Of the Loss of Member Requirements

Article 50

When a full member of COPPPAL losses the elections in its country, the political representation and social status required to hold a managing office in the Conference, it will have to cease to hold that office and suspend its functions until it regain or obtain it again. However, the General

Coordination Commission, taking the member’s responsibility and its proper continuity in the tasks of the Conference into account, will be able to decide whether this Political Party could maintain its position as a full member of COPPPAL or not until he had finished the term of the office to which it was elected.

Article 51

In case an Associated Party looses its legal registry as a Political Party in its country, the General Coordination Commission will study and analyze the Party’s specific situation in order to submit its consideration to the Plenary Commission which will later decide whether the Party will loose its membership or not, or whether it is constituted as a participant member with the possibility of participating in the different activities of the Conference but without the right of say and the right to vote.

Of the Operation, Amendments and Understanding of the Statutes

Article 52

These Statutes could de amended in case it were necessary. They will be applied to any other norms, regulations, decisions, agreements and resolutions previously adopted or approved that contradict the meaning and spirit of the provisions set forth in these Statutes.

Article 53

Any proposal for amendments of these Statutes shall be made by any member before the General Coordination Commission, which will discuss it and in case the amendment is adopted it will pass it to the Plenary Commission for the latter to decide upon it through the vote of the simple majority of its members.

Article 54

All the matters that are not foreseen by these Statutes will be adopted according to the understating of the philosophical and programmatical principles of COPPPAL and the resolutions and decisions of its managing bodies.

Provisional Measures

First

These Statutes will come into effect the day after of their approval and signature by the Plenary Commission of this Conference. The Executive Secretary will publish and distribute these Statutes and their amendments among the members of the Conference.

Second

The present members of the Conference will keep their category as full or associated members when this Statute had come into effect. But this category can change according to the provisions set forth in it.

Third

Those political parties, organizations and institutions which were regarded as Special Guests of the Conference will hold the position of Guests when this Statute comes into effect.

The aforementioned resolutions were established by the XXII Plenary Session of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties from Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Oaxaca City, Mexico on October, 11, 1999. -Chairman, José Antonio González Fernández. -Flourish- Assistant Chairman, Gustavo Carvajal Moreno.- Flourish.- Executive Officer, Eloy Cantú Segovia.- Flourish.-

Members of the General Coordination Commission.- Flourishes.- Members of the Plenary Commission - Flourishes.

Admission and Membership Resolution

Chapter I

General Provisions

Article 1

This Resolution rules the compliance with the criteria and provisions set forth in the Statutes of COPPPAL about the Conference admission and membership. The purpose of the Conference is to develop the admission requirements for applicants, as well as the evaluation process of the application forms submitted to the Conference.

Article 2

In order to fulfill the aforementioned objective it is necessary to take the following into account:

COPPP COPPPAL or Conference: ence: the Permanent Conference of Political Parties from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Statues: the Statutes of the Conference.

Regulation: the Admission and Membership Regulation of the Conference.

General al Coordination Commission: the General Coordination Commission of the Conference.

Admission Commission: the Admission Commission of the Conference.

Chairman: the Chairman of the Conference.

Assistant Chairman.

Executive Secretary: the Executive Officer of the Conference.

Member: the Member of the Conference.

Applicant: the Admission Applicant of the Conference.

Article 3

COPPPAL is composed by Latin American and Caribbean political parties that subscribe to the fundamental documents, declarations and resolutions of this conference and contribute to its transmission and attainment.

The different membership categories of the Conference are: full members, associated and participant members. The Chairman is entitled to invite organizations and dignitaries to participate in the scheduled activities of COPPPAL, without being members of the conference but with possibility of having the position of guests.

Chapter II

Of the requirements to be members of COPPPAL

Article 4

Those that hold the category of full members are the political parties which have subscribed to the Declaration of Oaxaca and those associated members that according to the provisions set forth in the penult paragraph of article 10 of these Statues have applied for full membership and have been admitted through the vote of the simple majority of the members of the Plenary Commission.

Article 5

The requirements to be admitted as an associated member of the Conference are:

I. To be a legally constituted Political Party and with a legal registry in accordance with the laws of its country and it must have a legislative and/or executive representation.

II. To submit an application form, signed by the highest individual authority of the Party, attaching the documents which justify the legal registry, and upholding the reasons for such application. It must always subscribe to the fundamental documents, declarations, resolutions and documents of the Conference as well as to commit itself to contribute to their attainment.

III. To submit the fundamental docum entations of its Party such as Declaration of Principles, Action Program, Statues, Political Platform or any other similar document.

IV. To submit in writing a brief description of its most important activities.

V. To submit documents or certifications of the legal registry of the Political Party.

VI. To attach document or any other material about the historical trajectory of the Political Party.

VII. To demonstrate that the applicant Political Party is in accordance with the objectives, nature and philosophical principles of the Conference.

Article 6

In order to be a full or associated member, the Political Party must maintain through the elections in its country, the political representation and legal registry of the Party.

Those members of the Conference that according to the terms and conditions of this article loss their category of full or associated member, will hold the category of participant member until they regain their legal registry of Political Party in their countries. In this case, they will automatically regain their original category, prior requesting it to the Chairman and the approval of the General Coordination Commission.

Article 7

The Plenary Commission, on the proposal of the General Coordination Commission, can exceptionally approve the category of full or associated member of one or some of the applicants in case of lack of registry due to the weakening of the democratic order or similar circumstances in their respective countries.

Article 8

The requirements to obtain the category of Guest of the Conference are:

I. To be a Political Party or political, academic, humanitarian or similar institution interested specially in Latin American or Caribbean matters.

II. To be an international, regional or sub-regional legally constituted institution and with well-known merits and representation in their specialties.

III. To assist to the activities and events which are regularly organized by the Conference.

IV. To fulfill the requirements set forth in the previous Article.

The requirements to obtain the category of Special Guest of the Conference are:

I. To be non-member dignitaries or institutions of COPPPAL.

II. To participate in the activities of this Conference, at the Chairman’s invitation.

Chapter III

Of the proceeding, analysis and evaluation of the admission or loss of COPPPAL membership

Article 9

In order to analyze and evaluate COPPPAL admission and membership applications, the General Coordination or Plenary Commissions will appoint on the proposal of the Chairman an Admission Commission composed by a Chairman and four members who will hold offices for a period of three years.

This Commission will advice the Chairman and the General Coordination Commission for the latter to submit their respective recommendations to the Plenary Commission.

Article 10

The General Coordination Commission is in charge of suggesting the admission, conditioning or the loss of membership of new Political Parties or organizations as members of COPPPAL. The Plenary Commission will decide on the admission of new members, the conditioning or the loss of COPPPAL membership.

The applications filed by associated members to obtain the category of full members will be submitted to the Chairman through the Executive Officer who will later submit it to the consideration of the General Coordination Commission. This application will be finally evaluated by the Plenary Commission.

Article 11

Admission applications or the suggestions of loss of membership will be submitted before the Chairman of COPPPAL, through the Executive Secretary. The Chairman will inform the General Coordination Commission about them.

Article 12

The category of member of COPPPAL can be lost by resignation, abandonment, dissolution or dismissal when the General Coordination Commission deems these matters appropriate. In this case, the Executive Officer shall inform the members of COPPPAL about such resolutions.

A member who has ceased to participate in the scheduled activities of this Conference or fails to comply with the obligations and objectives of the Conference during one or more than one year may have his membership revoked. In this case, the loss of membership will be confirmed by the Plenary Commission, by the simple majority.

Article 13

When repeated absences or incompliance of a member of COPPPAL had been subject to the loss of membership and due to dismissal, the Executive Officer must communicate himself with the highest authority of the Party, requesting him to document his will of keeping the party’s membership. The Executive Officer must inform the Chairman about the results and he will inform the General Coordination Commission about them.

Provisional Measures

First

This Resolution will come into effect the day after of its approval and signature of the Plenary Commission of the Conference.

Second

This Resolution revokes the previous one.

Third


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