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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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Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
As part of an effort to prevent and combat illicit arms trafficking in the hemisphere, national authorities responsible for granting export, import and transit licenses for firearms are meeting today and tomorrow at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The participation of authorities from across the region reflects the determination to strengthen hemispheric cooperation against this transnational scourge, OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin said, in opening the meeting this morning. United Nations statistics show there are about 500 million light weapons in the world, and according to some estimates, 40% of illicit light weapons have been diverted from legal transactions, Ramdin said.
“The OAS is indeed concerned about the increase at the international level of this criminal activity, and points to its links with other criminal activities such as drug trafficking, terrorism, transnational organized crime, and mercenary and other activities,” the Assistant Secretary General said. “We believe that urgent attention and action is required to stem this problem.”
The meeting, chaired by Colombia’s Ambassador to the OAS, Álvaro Tirado Mejía, is being held in the framework of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials, known as CIFTA.
Ambassador Tirado said this treaty “has been characterized, and rightly so, as groundbreaking and unique in the world, as it is the first binding legal agreement on this issue. But it is also a multilateral instrument that establishes a solid foundation for developing joint cooperation strategies at the hemispheric level.”
The 26 states that have ratified the treaty have intensified their efforts to implement it effectively. This is the first time authorities at the operational level are meeting to exchange information and discuss mechanisms that can help prevent illegal manufacturing and trafficking of firearms.
In March 2004, the CIFTA states parties met in Bogotá, Colombia, and agreed to a series of measures to strengthen cooperation. In May of this year, the OAS Permanent Council approved a methodology that will allow the countries to share information on the situation, problems, challenges and experiences they have encountered with CIFTA-related issues. Plans are also underway to prepare related model legislation.
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