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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.
Peru Assumes the Chair of the OAS Permanent Council
August 11, 2021
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The Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States (OAS), Harold Forsyth, today assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council of the hemispheric institution.
Ambassador Forsyth stressed that his country is honored to chair the Permanent Council and that it assumes this responsibility with its "traditional solidarity and integrationist vocation and an unwavering commitment to the shared values and principles of promoting and defending democracy, the full exercise of and respect for human rights, the strengthening of peace and security, and the integral and sustainable development of our peoples.”
The new Chair of the Permanent Council concluded by emphasizing that "this is the first regular meeting to be held during the mandate of President Pedro Castillo and I am honored to convey the unwavering commitment of the new Peruvian leader to the Inter-American Democratic Charter."
For his part, the Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, Ronald Sanders, who was charged with handing over the leadership of the Council, said: "I am confident, given his vast array of experience and knowledge, that this Council will benefit enormously from the Ambassador´s knowledge and diplomatic skills.”
The Permanent Representative of Uruguay, Washington Abdala, serves as Vice-Chair of the Council.