Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.
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Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.
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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.
The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.
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.
OAS Launches Initiative on the Role of Justice in the Protection of the Environment
February 10, 2016
The Organization of American States (OAS) will launch on February 12 the initiative "Caring for our Common Home from the Judiciary: Guaranteeing More Rights for More People in the Americas," which aims to enhance and strengthen the role of justice in environmental protection.
The initiative is based on the idea that protecting Planet Earth is offering "More rights for more people," and that it is a common responsibility of lawmakers, parliamentarians, judges, lawyers, attorneys and, ultimately, the people. In that sense, it considers the effective implementation of laws protecting the environment as essential. The program, led by the OAS, will focus on four aspects: training judges; creating an operating model for the judiciary; involving the judiciary in the celebration of International Mother Earth Day; and developing a portal on environment rule of law in the Americas.
As part of the launch of the initiative, the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, will designate five ministers and/or presidents of courts of justice of the region as Goodwill Ambassadors for Environmental Justice in the Americas. Ministers will then participate in a dialogue on the state of environmental law in the Hemisphere.
The event that will begin at 15:00 ET (19:00 GMT) will be transmitted via webcast here.
WHAT: Launch of the initiative "Caring for our Common Home from the Judiciary: Guaranteeing more rights for more people in the Americas"
WHEN: February 12, 2016 15:00 ET (19:00 GMT)
WHERE: Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006