1. “According to the norms established in Resolution AG/RES 1452 (XXVII-0/97)” ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2. 2 SUMMARY IADB STRUCTURE MAIN WORK AREAS HUMANITARIAN DEMINING CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY BUILDING MEASURES MULTIDIMENTIONAL ISSUES INTER AMERICAN DEFENSE COLLEGE (IADC) CONCLUSION

3. IADB STRUCTURE COUNCIL OF DELEGATESCHAIRMAN SECRETARIAT INTER AMERICAN DEFENSE COLLEGE VICE- CHAIRMAN

4. OTHER MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF DELEGATES, IN ORDER TO: –EXPEDITE THE DECISION-MAKING ON ISSUES ON DISCUSSED IN REGULAR MEETINGS –TO PRESENT SOLUTIONS AND ADVISE TO BE OFFERED BY THE IADB TO THE OAS –IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCUSSION OF PERTINENT ISSUES PRESENTED BY THE MEMBER STATES MAIN WORK AREAS

5. –IMPLEMENTATION OF UPDATES AND DISSEMINATION OF IADB INFORMATION, ACTIVITIES AND NEWS, BY DIGITAL AND PRINTED MEANS –TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT SECRETARIES, DEPARTMENTS, ORGANISMS AND OAS AUTHORITIES –TO COMPLY WITH THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET PLAN OF THE IADB, MAKING EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE ORGANIZATION’S CAPABILITY TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION IN AN ADEQUATE MATTER MAIN WORK AREAS

6. BUDGET SITUATION OF THE IADB: –CONTINUOUS BUDGET REDUCTION (REQUESTED - $ 2,048,520.00 / RECEIVED - $ 1,456,200.00) –WORK FORCE REDUCTION (1987 - 87 / 2009 - 6) –ACTUAL EXPENSES ARE IN THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM LEVELS –THE SECTION RESPONSIBLE FOR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS DEVELOPS CULTURAL PROJECTS TO RESTORE THE “CASA DO SOLDADO”, COLLECTING FUNDS THROUGH COMPANIES DONATION MAIN WORK AREAS

7. 1. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND MEETINGS ON: –NORMS AND PROCEDURES (ECUADOR AND PERU) –PLANNING (COLOMBIA) –INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR (COLOMBIA) –II CONFERENCE OF REVISION OF THE OTTAWA CONVENTION (COLOMBIA) –MEETING OF THE MARMINCA WITHDRAWAL (NICARAGUA) (NICARAGUA) –III DOCTRINE MEETING WITH CHIEFS OF MISSIONS AND AICMA HUMANITARIAN DEMINING

8. 2. UPDATE AND RE-DRAW THE MONTHLY REPORT, FACILITATING WORK COORDINATION 3. ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE DEMINING GOALS IN COLOMBIA 4. PROMOTING MEETINGS AMONG MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM ECUADOR AND PERU, WHICH ALLOWED THE MAKING OF AN EXERCISE OF AIR MEDICAL EVACUATION WITH THE PARTICIPATIONN OF BOTH COUNTRIES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING

9. 5. GUARANTEED QUALITY CONTROL IN THE DEMINING ACTIVITIES, CERTIFICATION AND TAINING 6. SWEEPING AN AREA OF OVER 4.400.000 M2 AND DESTRUCTION OF 86.000 MINES, IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE ARTEFACTS AND ARTEFACTS NON DETONATED HUMANITARIAN DEMINING

10. 1.INCREASE OF INFORMATION OF THE MEMBER STATES IN RELATION TO THE PREVIOUS REPORT (100%), DUE TO THE IADB CLOSE CONTACTS WITH THE COUNTRIES AND EFFORTS 2.NEED TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE USE OF THE NEW CODE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION 2447, DATED JUN 4, 2009 (36 NUMBERED MEASURES) CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY BUILDING MEASURES

11. 3. PROPOSITION OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE DISSEMINATION OF MFCS 4. THE DAILY TASKS DEVELOPED IN THE IADB MUST BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT MEASURES (CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIOUS OFFICERS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF THE HEMISPHERE) CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY BUILDING MEASURES

12. 1. CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF DEFENSE OF THE AMERICAS (CDMA) –DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB PAGE (www.cdmamericas.org), WHICH HAS BEEN ALREADY REGISTERED –INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM PREVIOUS HOST COUNTRIES MULTIDIMENTIONAL ISSUES

13. 2. CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN ARMIES (CAA) –AGREEMENT NR 2 IS HIGHLIGHTED, WHERE THE COMMANDERS OF AMERICAN ARMIES APPROVED THE PARTICIPATION OF THE IADB AS A CONNECTION, TO ADVISE THE OAS DECISION-MAKING PERSONNEL, IN ISSUES PERTAINING TO HUMANITARIAM ASSISTANCE IN CASE OF DISASTERS AND MILITARY AND DEFENSE ISSUES MULTIDIMENTIONAL ISSUES

14. 3. INTER AMERICAN NAVAL CONFERENCE (INC) –THEY OFFER THE IADB THE USE OF THE FACILITIES OF THE INTER AMERICAN NAVAL TELECOMUNICATIONS NET (RNIT), IN ORDER TO COOPERATE IN COORDINATIONS IN CASE OF SEARCH AND RESCUE EVENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL ISSUES

15. 4. CONFERENCE OF THE CHIEFS OF AMERICAN AIR FORCES (CONJEFAMER) –ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EXERCISES INVOLVING AMERICAN AIR FORCES, DENOMINATED “COOPERATION I”, IN OCTOBER 2010, IN CHILE, IN A HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OPERATION IN CASE OF NATURAL DISASTER MULTIDIMENSIONAL ISSUES

16. 5. SMALL STATES NEEDS –MEETING WITH CARICOM AMBASSADORS –ACCOMPLISHMENT OF AN INTERNAL WORKSHOP IN ORDER TO INSTRUCT PERSONNEL IN MFCS AND WHITE PAPERS –SMALL STATES COMMISSION (IADB) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE EFFORTS OF THE PLANS OF DISASTER MITIGATION, THROUGH EXISTING SIMULATION MEANS IN THE AMERICAN ARMED FORCES MULTIDIMENSIONAL ISSUES

17. 6. NATURAL DISASTERS –TAKING PART IN THE CHS MEETINGS AND THE PERMANENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTER AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT (CEPCIDI) –TAKING PART IN THE INTER AMERICAN COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR NATURAL DISASTERS REDUCTION (IACNDR) –CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE PAN-AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER –COMMISSION OF NATURAL DISASTER AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (IADB), WITH THE PURPOSE TO CREATE AND UPDATE A WEBPAGE, AS A CONTRIBUTION OF A MILITARY POINT OF VIEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL ISSUES

18. –THE EXPERIENCE OF THE IADC IS CENTERED IN THE SHARED PERSPECTIVES AND THE NUMEROUS FRIENDSHIP TIES BUILT AMONG THE STUDENTS (13 COUNTRIES/13 CIVILIANS/37 MILITARY PERSONNEL) –THEMES DISCUSSED: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, CIVIC-MILITARY RELATIONS, NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, HUMAN RIGHTS ANT ETHICS INTER AMERICAN DEFENSE COLLEGE

19. THE IADB HAS PROMOTED INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN THE INTEGRATION AND INTERACTION WITH THE OAS, IN ORDER TO BETTER ADVISETHE IADB HAS PROMOTED INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN THE INTEGRATION AND INTERACTION WITH THE OAS, IN ORDER TO BETTER ADVISE IN RESPECT OF HUMANITARIAN DEMINING, IT IS NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE AICMA COORDINATORS, THE CHIEFS OF MISSIONS AND THE IADB. UTILIZING THE SPECIALIZED MILITARY EXPERIENCE THAT ALREADY EXISTS WE SAVE FUNDSIN RESPECT OF HUMANITARIAN DEMINING, IT IS NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE AICMA COORDINATORS, THE CHIEFS OF MISSIONS AND THE IADB. UTILIZING THE SPECIALIZED MILITARY EXPERIENCE THAT ALREADY EXISTS WE SAVE FUNDS IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE PUBLIC AND SHARE THE VALUES AND ALL SUPPORTS GIVEN FROM THE DEFENSE SECTOR TO THE INTER AMERICAN SYSTEMIT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE PUBLIC AND SHARE THE VALUES AND ALL SUPPORTS GIVEN FROM THE DEFENSE SECTOR TO THE INTER AMERICAN SYSTEM THE IADB CONSIDERS THAT IS RESPONDING ITS MANDATE IN A POSITIVE MATTERTHE IADB CONSIDERS THAT IS RESPONDING ITS MANDATE IN A POSITIVE MATTER CONCLUSIONS

20. WHAT AM I DOING “PROMOTING PEACE, CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY IN THE HEMISPHERE”

21. INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE BOARD (1942 – 2010) “Contributing to the Peace and Security of the Hemisphere” YEAR IV AS AN ENTITY OF THE OAS CP24450T- 2