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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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Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
CICAD/OAS Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering to Meet May 22- 23
May 20, 2014
The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold the XXXVIII Meeting of the Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering on May 22-23 at the headquarters of the hemispheric institution in Washington, DC.
In the meeting, the Sub-Working Groups on International Cooperation and Forfeiture, the Financial Intelligence Unit, and the Criminal Investigation Agency will analyze the follow-up on the recommendations carried out in the previous Meeting of the Group of Experts, held in Brasilia in September 2013.
The agenda also includes the presentation of the CICAD initiative for the development of a Legal Framework for International Cooperation for Confiscation and Asset Recovery, and the progress of the analysis requested from the working groups by the Group of Experts at the Brasilia meeting.
The National Secretary of the Justice Ministry of Brazil and Chair of the CICAD’s Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering, Paulo Abrão, and the Executive Secretary of CICAD, Ambassador Paul Simons, will open the meeting. The inauguration will take place in the OAS General Secretariat building in Washington, DC, and will be open to the press.
Currently the Group of Experts is chaired by Brazil and the Vice-Chair is held by Uruguay. For more information click here.
WHAT: XXXVIII Meeting of the CICAD Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering
WHEN: May 22 and 23, 2014
WHERE: Padilla Vidal Room
Organization of American States
1889 F St, NW
Washington, DC 20006