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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.
LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS APPROVED BY OAS
WILL STRENGTHEN DEBATE ON POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
September 30, 2004
Seeking to deepen the discussion on its foremost agenda issues, the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday paved the way for the creation of a Lecture Series of the Americas. Set to start next month, the Series will consist of monthly lectures focused on major issues of strengthening democracy, human rights, social development and combating poverty as well as hemispheric security.
Ambassador Alberto Alfonso Borea Odria, Peru’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, presented before the Permanent Council the draft resolution, stressing that the level being considered for the Lecture Series of the Americas will provide “a tremendous forum drawn from all across the hemisphere.” Approved by the OAS member states, the resolution notes that the Lecture Series would tap “leading intellectuals from the region and the rest of the world.”
According to the Peruvian diplomat, the new forum will “raise the level of debate as this is vital to efforts aimed at giving substance to our democracy,” and he argued that the forum would also enhance human rights as well as “our initiatives to find ways to end poverty and conquer underdevelopment.”
An initiative of Peru’s delegation to the OAS, the draft resolution is the product of consensus among the member states, and Ambassador Borea expressed appreciation for the support the regional groups had provided.
Borea stressed that establishing the Lecture Series of the Americas will “in no way be an economic burden for the OAS.” He stated as well that the Lecture Series could do tremendous good for the hemisphere’s citizens. “We will be connecting the OAS to those people, who sometimes view us as distant,” he said, citing the Inter-University Committee of the Americas among institutions that have already come forward to pledge their support.
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