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Office of the Director of the
Department
A. Functions
1. Provides advisory
support, within its areas of competence, to the General
Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Council, the Meeting of
Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of
the Americas, the General Secretariat, and other organs,
agencies, and entities of the Organization.
2. Represents the
Secretary General in dealings with the political bodies of
the Organization, on missions, at international meetings,
and at other events dealing with matters in its area of
competence; prepares special reports and performs other
tasks as assigned by the Secretary General.
3. Ensures the
implementation of the resolutions adopted by the political
bodies in its areas of competence.
4. Directs and coordinates
legal and judicial cooperation with the member states,
international organizations, and other governmental and
nongovernmental institutions.
5. Coordinates the
activities of the Department in relation to the
Inter-American Juridical Committee.
6. Contributes to the
development and codification of international law in the
inter-American arena, through recommendations, studies, and
juridical activities.
7. In coordination with
the Department of External Relations, establishes and
maintains cooperative relations on juridical questions in
its area of competence with public and private
organizations, whether national, regional, or international,
that have similar interests.
8. Devises and implements
a publications policy for the Department.
9. In its area of
competence, maintains a legal fellowship training program
for attorneys from the member states.
10. Establishes a
structure of posts that will ensure that the required
outcomes are attained with the resources assigned.
11. Carries out activities
to raise and mobilize external funds to finance and promote
its programs, projects, and activities, in coordination with
the Committee on Resource Mobilization.
12. In consultation with
its dependencies, prepares the Regular Fund proposed
program-budget for its area and makes projections of
external funds it considers likely to be secured for the
following fiscal period.
13. Directs, manages, and
supervises the execution of the program-budget for its area,
according to instructions from the Secretary General, the
pertinent resolutions of the General Assembly, the
requirements established by donors of external funds, and
the rules and regulations of the General Secretariat. |
