LETTER TO WILLIAM CASEY FROM DEMETRIO PEREZ, JR.

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 4, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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INTER AMERICAN CENTER FOR MUNICIPRI COOPERATION, Inc.
Centro Interanericano de Cooperocion Municipal
cenicom
g, - 4842
Demetrio Perez. Jr.
President
December 4, 1985
Antilles
Antigua & Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Rep. Dominicana
Santa Lucia
San Vicente &
Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States of America
South America (North)
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Pen,
Suriname
Venezuela
South America (South)
Argentina
Chile -
Paraguay
Uruguay
Mr. William Casey
Director
Central Intelligency Agenct CIA.
Washington, DC
DearMr. Casey
At the conclussion of the Third Inter American Congress of Municipalities held in the
City of Miami from October 2nd that the 5th and organized by the Inter American
Center for Municipal Cooperation (CENICOM), we wish to address this letter to you
in order to ratify our objectives of working towards the strengthening of the Munici-
palities of America through such a cooperation that will allow them to accomplish,
adequately, their obligations to the communities they represent and, at the same time,
to kindly request your support.
Considering that your Organization could encourage the efforts for such an important
guidance, we are taking the liberty to request from you all information available on
programs and/or grants that your Organization can offer, such as applicants, guidelines
models of proposals etc., in order to apply for it.
We will greatly appreciate your assistance at this respect by sending these forms, at
your earliest convenience, 'to the following address:
CENICOM
904 SW 23 Avenue
Miami, Fla. 33135
Looking for your utmost consideration to this request, we remain
Sincerely,
Prea4dent
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14 N.E. 1st. Ave., Suite 1403, Miami. Fla. 33132. U.S.A. Phone: [phone]
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ANNUAL INTERAMERICAN CONVENTION OF MUNICIPALITIES, INC.
14 N.E. 1st Avenue, Suite 1403, Miami, Florida 33132
III INTERAMERICAN CONGRESS OF MUNICIPALITIES
The delegates representing municipalities throughout more
than 20 Latin American nations, meeting in the city of Miami
October 2 to 5, 1985 to participate in the III Interamerican
Congress of Municipalities,
RESOLVE:
FIRST: To keep one minute of silence in-the face of the tragedy
afflicting the Mexican people as a consequence of the recent
earthquakes, as well as for the loss of life in Central American
conflicts and for the victims of terrorism of all kinds.
SECOND: To urge all the peoples and governments of Latin America
to help alleviate the serious crisis affecting the Mexican
people, reiterating our solidarity with the delegates from
Mexico who are attending this Congress.
THIRD: To manifest our identification with the 23 mayors of
the Republic of El Salvador that have been kidnapped during
.the past few months, and to demand that they be returned to
their respective families and activities, and to condemn the
assassination of seven Peruvian mayors that have fallen victim
to international terrorism.
FOURTH: To send a similar message to the president of the
Republic of El Salvador, the Honorable Jose Napoleon Duarte,
who was unable to attend this congress because of the kidnapping
of his daughter and her companion.
FIFTH: To affirm the need for the debtor countries of Latin
America and representatives of international banks and indus-
trial nations to find a common ground and jointly attempt to
find an acceptable solution to the serious problem represented
for both by a foreign debt that exceeds $350 billion, and that,
recognizing the principle that obligations should be met, the
need to facilitate the meeting of such obligations be found,
without the imposition of unjust sacrifices by the population
of the affected countries or a slow down in their economic
growth.
SIXTH: To make an appeal before internationalfinancial insti-
tutions to prioritize the granting of resources needed to
modernize the municipalities, in order to offer better services
to their communities.
SEVENTH: To promote a more efficient and active form of cooperation
between the municipal governments and representatives of the
private sector, to guarantee a faster rate of economic growth
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and to facilitate political stability in the community.
EIGHTH: To express support for the efforts of those who have
undertaken the task of democratizing the selection and composition
of political structures in the municipalities, through free
elections.
NINTH: To reiterate our offer to cooperate with and support
the preparations for the celebration of the quincentennial
anniversary of the discovery of America, an event that led
to the union of European and Indoamerican peoples, and to
let it be known that we look favorably upon the possibility
of Miami's being selected as a site for the celebrations
that have been proposed to commemorate such a significant
event in the history of humanity.
TENTH: To give recognition to the municipalities of Miami,
Dade County and Miami Beach, for their sponsorship of this
event and for the help they have provided.
ELEVENTH: To applaud the presence in the Congress of a group
of foreign journalists who can attest to the magnitude of the
event, and to thank all local, national and international media
that have reported on this Congress.
TWELFTH: To recognize the vital role played by the rural areas
of the municipalities, as they supply the basic products
of the municipal economy, and to urge everyone concerned to
give wider recognition to their true function, and to provide
them with equal attention as is received by the urban areas.
THIRTEENTH: To request from the President of the United States
to increase technical cooperation programs and the granting
of scholarships, to strenghten and preserve democracy and
freedom in America, allowing our local officials to study
and improve their professionalism so that they will be equipped
with the proper means to carry on with their tasks in a climate
of freedom and democracy.
FOURTEENTH: To announce the combining of efforts among those
institutions that are dedicated to strenghtening and developing
local governments in America, such as CENICOM, OICI, IULA and
others, through the planning, coordination and execution of
joint actions on behalf of the municipalities.
We ask for God's help in carrying out these resolutions and
in reaching with renewed enthusiasm those goals that we have
defined as an organization and a congress.
Given in Miami, on the fifth of October, nineteen eighty-five.
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To organize the meetings of the Inter-
American Municipalities, the Board of Directors
is advised by the Commitee of the Convention,
formed by six (6) members representing each
of the geographic regions, headed by a Coor-
dinator, who directs the work during these an-
nual meetings.
The following are functions of the Tech-
nical Committees:
Commercial Relations.
Everything concerning to the public and
private sectors performing a commercial activi-
ty related, whatever its location, to the municipal
way of life in the countries of America, with a
particular emphasis in programs or efforts,
unilateral or collective of the Governments of
America to support the development of a region
or of a certain country.
Commercial Displays (Trade Show).
To promote fairs and trade shows destined
to put the Municipalities of America in contact
with Corporations of the American Continent
and with others from other Continents.
Seminaries and Technical Meetings.
To organize seminaries, work shops and
technical reunions with the purpose of training
municipal officers of America in the most ad-
vanced techniques in handling the public ser-
vices to be fulfilled by the mayoral corporations.
Information Exchange.
To compile and process all the technical in-
formation and procedures used by the most ad-
vanced Municipalities in the adequate handling
of the services to be performed.
Membership.
All Municipalities of America that express in
writing their desire to belong to CENICOM, will
be considered members, if accepted by the
Board of Directors.
Meetings.
The meetings of the Inter-American Conven-
tions of Municipalities, promoted and organiz-
ed by CENICOM, will be held every year,
sometime between the months of January and
April. Those Municipalities with more than
100,000 inhabitants may be represented at the
meetings by a delegate if he is provided with the
corresponding credentials.
Library.
CENICOM will procede to organize a library
with all kind of reference material and books to
serve the delegations participating in the Inter-
American Conventions of Municipalities, as well
as those requesting any information. This library
will be organized with the cooperation of the
Member Municipalities and international and
governmental organisms.
Publications.
CENICOM issues a periodical bulletin giving
information about its activities and a bibliographic
synthesis on the material available in the Library.
Headquarters.
. During the celebration of the First Inter-
American Convention of Municipalities, it was
agreed that CENICOM headquarters would be
the City of Miami, Florida. The address is: 14
N.E. 1st., Avenue, Suite 1403 Miami, Fla.
33132, U.S.A. Phone: [phone].
CENICOM
Origin, Fundamentals and
Goals of an
Inter-American System
for Cooperation.
Inter-American Center for
Municipal Cooperation
(CENICOM)
Miami, Florida
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CENICOM
Its origin, its institutional structure and its purposes
The Inter-American Center for the Municipal
Cooperation (CENICOM) was created by unan-
imous resolution of the delegations attending the
First Inter-American Convention of
Municipalities held in Miami, Florida from
February 23 through the 26 of 1983, as a per-
manent organism of an inter-american system
for the municipal collaboration brought into be-
ing by the conviction that the socio- economic
development of the area requires the contribu-
tion of this basic element to the composition of
every human conglomerate.
Objectives
Its main objectives are the institutional
strengthening of the Municipalities of the
American Continent, through such a coopera-
tion, that will allow them to accomplish, ade-
quately, their obligations to the communities
they represent.
Among other activities, and according to these
ideas, CENICOM exalts the capability of the
municipal officials in specific areas of high priority
such as the handling of the mayoral matters, the
exchange of information and technology and the
execution of cooperation agreements with inter-
national and governmental organisms as well as
Institutions and Foundations interested in lend-
ing their support to the well being of the coun-
tries of America. It organizes and promotes the
annual meetings of the Inter-American Conven-
tion of Municipalities, at which time all the at-
tending members express their anxieties and
problems with the purpose of finding viable solu-
tions through these friendly dialogs and the ac-
tions they convey.
Structure.
The main instrument of CENICOM is its
Board of Directors, headed as President by the
Vice-Mayor of Miami, Demetrio Perez, Jr. This
Board of Directors fulfills its mission with the col-
laboration of four Technical Commitees in the
following areas:
Commercial Relations
Trade Shows
Seminaries and Technical Meetings
Information Exchange.
Also depending on the Board of Directors are
the Regional Centers of Coordination, which
main objective is to relate CENICOM to the
respective Municipalities already established, and
to coordinate common actions with those of the
regional section to which they belong. For these
purposes, CENICOM has adopted the follow-
ing regional demarcation:
Antilles
Antigua & Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States of America
South America (North)
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Peru
Suriname
Venezuela
South America (South)
Argentina
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay
CENICOM promotes the collaboration from
Municipalities and institutions from other Con-
tinents and from regional and international
organisms, through cooperation agreements in
specific areas.
In Europe it promotes agreements with Spain
and other countries from which the municipal
institution was brought to America.
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