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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.
THE THREE INTERNATIONAL DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION APPROVED A JOINT DECLARATION
December 22, 2005
PREN/131/05
PRESS RELEASE
Washington, D.C., December 22, 2005. The three international defenders and promoters of Freedom of Expression approved this week a joint declaration regarding the right to freedom of expression in the context of the fight against terrorism. The declaration also is related to Internet and the right to freedom of expression.
This year, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo; the Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Mr. Miklos Haraszti ; and the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States (OAS), Mr Eduardo Bertoni, with the assistance of ARTICLE 19 - Global Campaign for Free Expression, issued the joint statement that adds up to former declarations issued by these offices since 1999.
The Declaration recognised the growing importance of the Internet as a vehicle for facilitating in practice the free flow of information and ideas that lies at the heart of the right to freedom of expression; the declaration stressed the need for strict application of international guarantees of freedom of expression to the Internet. Furthermore, the declaration condemned the attempts by some governments to use the need to combat terrorism as a justification for adopting laws that unduly restrict freedom of expression.
The full text of the Declaration can be found at the website of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the OAS: www.cidh.org/relatoria/
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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
1889 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 – Phone: (202) 458-3796 – Fax: (202) 458-6215
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