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OAS Permanent Council Submits General Secretariat Budget Proposal 2012 to General Assembly

  October 28, 2011

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today agreed to submit to the General Assembly the budget proposal 2012 for the General Secretariat. The Hemipheric institution’s highest body will meet in a special session October 31, 2011, at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) in Washington, DC, to consider it for final approval.

The document adopted today by the Permanent Council had previously been approved by the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs, which stipulates a total allocation of 85.3 million dollars to the General Secretariat.

A gallery of photos of the event is available here.

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: E-925/11