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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.
Argentina Ratifies Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
October 23, 2017
Photo: OAS
The Government of Argentina today deposited the instrument of ratification of the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.
The Convention is a model for protecting the human rights of older persons more than 60 years of age, with special attention to dignity in old age, personal freedom, privacy and intimacy.
The Permanent Representative of Argentina to the OAS, Juan José Arcuri, highlighted the capacity of the OAS to reach legal agreements that benefit the citizens of the region. “With all the elements that characterize this Organization in terms of agreements, in terms of the construction of jurisprudence, the OAS continues to be a pioneer in these issues. It is ahead of many other multilateral bodies in the world in this area. And in a very short time this was negotiated with the professional work of those who are directly involved in all countries,” he affirmed.
For his part, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, welcomed the move made by Argentina and recalled that it was one of the first states to consider adopting a binding instrument to protect the rights of older person in the Inter-American system. “The Convention responds to specific needs for older persons over 60 years, protects dignity in old age, personal liberty; privacy and intimacy. It also promotes active aging so that the adult person can enjoy a full life, independent and autonomous, with health, security, integration and participation,” he said.
Argentina is the fifth state to deposit the instrument of ratification of the Convention of Older Persons, after Uruguay, Cost Rica, Bolivia and Chile.
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