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Annual Report of the Secretary General 2004-2005 Official Records OEA/Ser.D/III.55 (English) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL 2004-2005 Organization of American States Washington, D.C. 2005 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................xi I. GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND COUNCILS .............................................................................1 General Assembly.......................................................................................................................................3 Permanent Council....................................................................................................................................10 Inter-American Council for Integral Development...................................................................................13 II. GENERAL SECRETARIAT....................................................................................................21 Office of the Secretary General ................................................................................................................25 Office of the Inspector General ..........................................................................................................29 Summits of the Americas Secretariat..................................................................................................30 Office of the Assistant Secretary General.................................................................................................37 Office of Conferences and Meetings ..................................................................................................38 Columbus Memorial Library ..............................................................................................................40 Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ..........................................43 Department of Democratic and Political Affairs ......................................................................................49 Office for the Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts .......................................................................49 Office for the Promotion of Democracy .............................................................................................50 Coordinating Office and Offices of the General Secretariat in the Member States............................54 Executive Secretariat for Integral Development.......................................................................................57 Executive Office of the Director.........................................................................................................57 Office of Education, Science and Technology ...................................................................................60 Office of Sustainable Development and Environment .......................................................................68 Office of Scholarships, Training and Information Technology..........................................................75 Office of Trade, Growth and Competitiveness...................................................................................79 Office of Development Policies and Programs...................................................................................87 Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission .................................................89 Department of Multidimensional Security................................................................................................95 Office of International Threats ...........................................................................................................95 Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism........................................................95 Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission................................97 Department of Communications and External Relations........................................................................103 Office of External Relations and Resource Mobilization.................................................................103 Office of Public Information.............................................................................................................104 Art Museum of the Americas............................................................................................................106 Office of Protocol .............................................................................................................................108 Coordination and Cooperation with Other Organizations ................................................................109 Department of Legal Affairs and Services..............................................................................................113 iii Department of Administration and Finance............................................................................................127 Office of Human Resources Services ...............................................................................................127 Office of Procurement and Facilities Management Services............................................................128 Office of Budgetary and Financial Services .....................................................................................129 Office of Information Technology Services .....................................................................................130 III. SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATIONS .....................................................................................131 Pan-American Health Organization........................................................................................................135 Inter-American Children’s Institute........................................................................................................143 Inter-American Commission of Women.................................................................................................145 Pan-American Institute of Geography and History.................................................................................148 Inter-American Indian Institute...............................................................................................................150 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture .......................................................................152 IV. OTHER INTER-AMERICAN ORGANS..............................................................................155 Inter-American Juridical Committee ......................................................................................................157 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights......................................................................................159 V. OTHER AGENCIES AND ENTITIES..................................................................................163 Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction....................................................................165 Justice Studies Center of the Americas...................................................................................................167 Administrative Tribunal..........................................................................................................................170 Pan-American Development Foundation................................................................................................172 Board of External Auditors.....................................................................................................................174 Inter-American Defense Board ...............................................................................................................175 Inter-American Court of Human Rights .................................................................................................177 VI. PERMANENT OBSERVERS.................................................................................................179 VII. TRAVEL BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL................................................................................183 APPENDICES.......................................................................................................................................189 Appendix A: Inter-American Councils, Committees and Commissions ................................................191 Appendix B: Conferences and Meetings of the OAS .............................................................................193 Appendix C: Inter-American Treaties and Conventions.........................................................................203 Appendix D: Human Resources..............................................................................................................213 Appendix E: Financial Situation of the OAS .........................................................................................223 Appendix F: OAS Fellowships Awarded................................................................................................229 Appendix G: Contributions from the Permanent Observers...................................................................235 Appendix H: Program-Budget: Levels of Execution..............................................................................239 iv v vi Note: This report covers the administrations of three Secretaries General, César Gaviria, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, and
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