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.
The Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador María Zavala Valladares, reported Tuesday to a special meeting of the OAS Permanent Council on the recent incidents in Bagua, in the northwest, and defended the decision of the Peruvian Government. Ms. Zavala highlighted that the Executive branch maintains a “firm commitment to democracy, promotion and protection of Human Rights and full validity of the Rule of Law.”
Ambassador Zavala reported that the Peruvian Government is “already taking the necessary steps to solve the case”. She explained that several demonstrations by indigenous groups resulted in “violent clashes” with police forces, which produced thus far 33 deaths, 24 of them among police units.
The Peruvian Representative also mentioned the roots of the conflict, focused on the disagreement of some indigenous groups with several decrees by the Peruvian Government regarding Amazon deforestation and exploitation of natural resources. Ambassador Zavala said that “at all times”, the Peruvian Government kept lines of dialogue open with indigenous leaders, and even reported “substantial achievements” in the negotiations.
The Representative to the OAS stressed that the Government of President Alan García is “willing to dialogue with all sectors” to solve the conflict by peaceful means. “The Peruvian State is determined to use all constitutional mechanisms to prevent new and greater acts of violence that might worsen the current social conflict,” she said.
Ambassador Zavala also highlighted the “firm commitment” of the Peruvian Government and State to “democracy, promotion and protection of Human Rights and full validity of the Rule of Law.” In that regard, she emphasized that “persons involved will still enjoy all guarantees and right to due process. “The will be treated all equally, they will obtain legal assistance and will be supervised by the competent local authorities,” she said.
The Permanent Council, under the Chair of the Permanent Representative of Haiti, Ambassador Duly Brutus, took note of the report by the Peruvian delegation and sent condolences to the families of the deceased. Also held the floor during the special meeting Representatives of Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Panama and Brazil, who expressed solidarity with the Peruvian Government and People.
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