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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.
Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Convention to End Violence against Women to Visit Member Countries
September 19, 2013
The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will visit member countries, as the Committee of Experts (CEVI) of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Convention of Belém do Pará (MESECVI) to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women decided during a meeting last week at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, DC.
The experts agreed to make a number of changes to the Rules of the Committee, with the aim of strengthening it and increasing the participation of civil society. One of the main reforms to the regulation involves visits to member countries when requested by the state party or when deemed necessary by the Committee. The experts agreed at the meeting to request authorization from Guatemala to carry out a visit given the increase in underage pregnancies in the country.
The Committee of Experts also agreed to send a letter to the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, asking him to apply the C -355 ruling of the Constitutional Court to decriminalize the practice of abortion in certain circumstances.
The CEVI also adopted a Declaration expressing that "the data on violence to which women and girls continue to be victims in the region is alarming." " Physical, psychological and sexual violence, trafficking in women and girls for sexual and labor exploitation, abuse in schools, jobs and health centers and violations of sexual and reproductive rights are still part of the everyday life of girls and women across the region," it adds.
In the statement, the experts reiterated their call on states parties to the Convention of Belém do Pará to "redouble their efforts to provide a strong, effective and sustainable response to violence against women, in accordance with the legal and international political framework."
Upon conclusion of the meeting, chaired by the representative of Mexico, Patricia Olamendi, the new authorities of the Committee were elected. The expert from Colombia, Flor María Díaz Chalarca, was elected Chair, and the experts from Paraguay, Lydia Giménez, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Miriam Roache, were elected as Vice Chairs.
The Committee of Experts is the technical body of MESECVI responsible for the analysis and evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. It is composed of independent experts, appointed by each of the states parties, who serve in a personal capacity.