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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.
Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.
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.
Second Round of Sessions to Analyze Whether the Situation in Venezuela Merits Referral to the International Criminal Court
October 13, 2017
On Monday, October 16 at 14:30 EDT (18:30 GMT), and on Tuesday, October 17, at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT), two public hearings will be held at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) to consider whether the situation in Venezuela should be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for further independent criminal investigation.
On October 16, the Independent Panel of International Experts will assume their responsibilities and receive the presentations by victims and other relevant and interested parties at the hearings regarding the situation in Venezuela. Additional public hearings may be held in the month of November, 2017.
The Independent Panel of International Experts is composed of Costa Rican Manuel Ventura Robles, former Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Santiago Cantón of Argentina, Secretary of Human Rights of the Province of Buenos Aires, and previously Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; and Irwin Cotler of Canada, President of the Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and previously Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
The OAS would like to thank Special Advisor Luis Moreno Campo for his contributions in designing and launching the OAS investigation process.
Due to space limitations, access to the OAS room will be granted only by invitation. The hearings will be broadcast live on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page.
WHAT: Sessions to Analyze Whether the Situation in Venezuela merits referral to the ICC for investigation.
WHEN: Monday, October 16 at 14:30 pm EDT (18:30 GMT), and Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT).
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