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The Office of the Director General of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (which ranks as a department)

A. Structure

1. The Office of the Director General of the Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN) and its staff are under the overall direction, supervision, and control of the director general, who reports to the secretary for legal affairs, in accordance with the legal system of the Organization and with the provisions of this Executive Order.

B. Functions

1. Performs the functions assigned to the Office of the Director General of the IIN in the Statutes and Rules of Procedure of the IIN, and by the Directing Council of the IIN and the other competent bodies, in accordance with the resources assigned.

2. Represents the Secretary General. the Assistant Secretary General, and the secretary for legal affairs before the political bodies of the OAS, on missions, at international meetings, and at other events dealing with matters in its area of competence; prepares special reports; and performs the other tasks they assign to it.

3. Facilitates the activities of the General Secretariat in the area of the human rights of children, preventing the duplication of efforts and expenses, improving the use of available resources, and coordinating its activities with those of the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and with the human rights activities of the Permanent Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission of Women and other dependencies of the General Secretariat.