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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.
SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS HAITI TO EXAMINE HOW OAS CAN CONTRIBUTE
TO RELIEF EFFORTS
October 6, 2004
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Miguel Angel Rodríguez, traveled today to Gonaives, in Haiti’s Artibonite Department, to examine on the ground how the OAS can further contribute to relief and reconstruction efforts.
Rodríguez visited the area hardest hit by Tropical Storm Jeanne -- which left some 1,870 dead, 850 missing and 300,000 people homeless -- to demonstrate his solidarity and support for the victims.
The Secretary General was accompanied by Ambassador Denneth Modeste, who heads the OAS special mission to Haiti; United Nations special representative Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdes; Haiti’s Interior Minister Herard Abraham, who is coordinating relief efforts; Social Affairs Minister Claude Calixte and the country directors of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF).
Rodríguez talked about OAS support to relief efforts channeled through the PADF, which has provided over $100,000 to the efforts in addition to tents and other temporary shelter equipment. The Secretary General said the OAS remains committed to Haiti and will collaborate through its Office of Sustainable Development and Environment on a $13 million dollar vulnerability reduction and disaster mitigation project developed in collaboration with the World Bank.
In Gonaives the delegation was met by the Haitian Secretary of State for the Environment, Yves Andre Wainwright, the United Nations Assessment Coordination Team (UNDACT) and members of the government’s Civil Protection Unit. Wainright emphasized the need to focus on the sustainable reconstruction of Gonaives, which he said had been in a critical state prior to the floods.
Wainwright specifically requested OAS support for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in its efforts to provide security to the region so that food distribution centers could be spread out. He also asked the OAS to support the recently launched UN flash appeal for $30 million to respond to the disaster.
The Secretary General praised MINUSTAH and the Haitian government for their quick response to the crisis. He also commended them for their will and capacity to deliver relief through the distribution of food and potable water and the provision of immediate assistance for health and sanitation needs.
Secretary General Rodríguez will meet with Haitian authorities before his departure tomorrow.
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