The Department of Legal Services ("DLS") is a dependency of the Office of the Secretary General. Its mandate is set out in Part IV of Executive Order 96-4.

DLS's purpose is to attend to the operational legal issues that arise out of the Organization's activities, its internal law, and its relationship with other entities.

	Functions and Objectives
	Personnel
	Annual Reports of the Secretary General (see the Annual Report of DLS in Chapter II of the Annual Report of the Secretary General)
	Annual Report 2002-03 of DLS
	Secretary General Cesar Gaviria´s Department of Legal Services 1994-2004

1. Charter of the Organization of American States

2. General Standards for the Operation of the General Secretariat

3. Staff Rules

4. Retirement and Pension Plan and its Policies and Procedures

5. Executive Orders

6. Administrative Memorandums

7. Directives

8. Other Administrative Instruments of Interest

9. Cooperative Relations

Legal Essays and Opinions of General Interest written by the Department

	Models and Guidelines
	General Assembly
	Permanent Council
	Inter-American Council for Integral Development
	Administrative Tribunal
	Specialized Organizations