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.
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.
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DEPLORES MURDER OF DOCUMENTALIST IN EL SALVADOR
September 4, 2009
Washington, D.C, September 4, 2009 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) deplores the murder of Christian Poveda, a French-Spaniard documentalist, which occurred on September 2 in El Salvador. The Office of the Special Rapporteur urges Salvadorian authorities to investigate this crime promptly and effectively and to duly prosecute those responsible.
According to the information received, on September 2, 2009, local authorities found Poveda, who had been shot several times in the face. The reporter’s body was lying near his vehicle, in a suburban area, north of San Salvador. Poveda, who was living in El Salvador, was finishing a documental on criminal gangs ("maras") that was supposed to be released at the end of September. Months before the crime, Poveda, a reporter for several international media outlets, allegedly received dead threats related to his documental. At least 10 reporters have in the region this year for reasons that could be related to their work as journalists.
The Office of the Special Rapporteur considers that Poveda’s murder could have a chilling effect that may affect the right to freedom of expression. The Office of the Special Rapporteur also recognizes the quick reaction of the Salvadorian President, who condemned the crime. Likewise, the Office of the Special Rapporteur urges authorities to fully investigate the facts so that those responsible for the murder of Poveda can be duly prosecuted and punished. It also calls on the State to adopt all urgent measures needed to guarantee the life and the integrity of those journalists who are at risk.
The Office of the Special Rapporteur underlines that Principle 9 of the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression of the IACHR states that the murder, kidnapping, intimidation of and/or threats against social communicators, as well as the material destruction of communications media, violates the fundamental rights of individuals and strongly restricts freedom of expression. It is the duty of the state to prevent and investigate such occurrences, to punish their perpetrators and to ensure that victims receive due compensation.
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