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The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
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The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
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Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, this morning flew over Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, in a United Nations (UN) helicopter and later proceeded to visit several voting centers to witness firsthand the prevailing situation on this general elections day. He was accompanied by UN Representative Juan Gabriel Valdés and OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin.
Insulza said he saw a calm city, with the usual commotion of an election day that one might experience in any city of the world. “I am optimistic about today’s electoral results,” he said, adding that he was hopeful regarding the efforts that the new Haitian authorities would undertake to help the country out of its current plight. “My only worry is that the voting will go beyond the 4:00 p.m. deadline, largely due to the long lines of voters, which would mean a delay in the counting,” he said.
Insulza expressed surprise at some press reports that allude to an alleged chaos in voting centers. The OAS and UN representatives denied such accounts, saying they did not match their own firsthand, on-site observations or reports by international media, which depict a citizenship fulfilling its civic duty despite the difficulties imposed by the precarious Haitian infrastructure.
During his flight over the city, the Secretary General observed normal street scenes, even in more conflictive districts such as Cite Soleil, with long and orderly lines of voters waiting their turn to vote. Disorders took place in only a few neighborhoods and they were dispersed by the National Police of Haiti. It is worth noting that the two deaths registered by the police, which were widely reported by the media, were caused by a woman suffering from asphyxiation and by a man falling from a second-story floor.
Today’s elections are being held after a successful process of voter registration and the printing and distribution of identification cards carried out by the OAS, using state-of-the-art technology. Thanks to this process, citizens are going to the polls and abiding by the rules of an electoral registry that covers more than 3.5 million Haitians.
The OAS is working closely with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and with Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council to accomplish a successful electoral process: a vital step towards the democratic stabilization that Haitian society seeks, with the support of the international community.
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