Official Records OEA/Ser.D/III.56 (English) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL 2005-2006 Organization of American States Washington, DC 2006 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................ix I. GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND COUNCILS .............................................................................1 General Assembly.......................................................................................................................................3 Permanent Council......................................................................................................................................9 Inter-American Council for Integral Development...................................................................................12 II. GENERAL SECRETARIAT....................................................................................................15 Office of the Secretary General ................................................................................................................19 Department of Planning, Control and Evaluation...............................................................................20 Department of Legal Services.............................................................................................................21 Department of External Relations.......................................................................................................24 Department of Press and Communications.........................................................................................26 Protocol Office....................................................................................................................................27 Summits Department ..........................................................................................................................29 Office of the Assistant Secretary General.................................................................................................32 Office of Conferences and Meetings ..................................................................................................33 Office of Cultural Services .................................................................................................................35 Coordinating Office for the Office and Units of the General Secretariat in the member States.........38 Secretariat for Political Affairs .................................................................................................................40 Department for the Promotion of Democracy ....................................................................................40 Department for the Promotion of Governance....................................................................................42 Department of Crisis Prevention and Special Missions......................................................................45 Executive Secretariat for Integral Development.......................................................................................47 Department of Follow-up, Policies and Programs..............................................................................48 Department of Education, Culture, Science and Technology.............................................................51 Department of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness.........................................................................54 Department of Sustainable Development ...........................................................................................57 Department of Social Development and Employment .......................................................................59 Secretariat for Multidimensional Security ................................................................................................61 Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission................................61 Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism........................................................63 Department for the Prevention of Threats against Public Security.....................................................65 Secretariat for Administration and Finance ..............................................................................................69 Department of Human Resources.......................................................................................................69 Department of Budgetary and Financial Services ..............................................................................70 Office of Information and Technology Services ................................................................................71 Office of Procurement Services..........................................................................................................73 Office of General Services..................................................................................................................74 iii Department of International Legal Affairs................................................................................................76 International Law Office.....................................................................................................................76 Juridical Cooperation Office...............................................................................................................77 III. SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATIONS .......................................................................................79 Pan-American Health Organization..........................................................................................................83 Inter-American Children’s Institute..........................................................................................................86 Inter-American Commission of Women...................................................................................................88 Pan-American Institute of Geography and History...................................................................................90 Inter-American Indian Institute.................................................................................................................93 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture .........................................................................94 IV. OTHER INTER-AMERICAN ORGANS................................................................................97 Inter-American Juridical Committee ........................................................................................................99 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights......................................................................................101 V. OTHER AUTONOMOUS AND DECENTRALIZED ORGANS, AGENCIES, ENTITIES AND DEPENDENCIES.................................................................105 Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction....................................................................107 Justice Studies Center of the Americas...................................................................................................109 Administrative Tribunal..........................................................................................................................112 Pan-American Development Foundation................................................................................................114 Board of External Auditors.....................................................................................................................116 Inter-American Defense Board ...............................................................................................................118 Inter-American Court of Human Rights .................................................................................................120 Office of the Inspector General...............................................................................................................123 Human Development Fund Committee ..................................................................................................124 Inter-American Telecommunication Commission..................................................................................127 Inter-American Committee on Ports.......................................................................................................129 VI. PERMANENT OBSERVERS.................................................................................................131 VII. TRAVEL BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL................................................................................135 APPENDICES.......................................................................................................................................143 Appendix A: Inter-American Councils, Committees and Commissions ................................................145 Appendix B: Conferences and Meetings of the OAS .............................................................................147 Appendix C: Inter-American Treaties and Conventions.........................................................................153 Appendix D: Human Resources..............................................................................................................155 Appendix E: Financial Situation of the OAS .........................................................................................163