GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.P June 3 to 5, 2007 AG/doc.4757/07 Panama City, Republic of Panama 1 June 2007 Original: Spanish ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL (From March to December 2006) TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................iv I. GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND COUNCILS ...................................................................1 GENERAL ASSEMBLY.................................................................................................................2 PERMANENT COUNCIL...............................................................................................................9 THE INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT..............................11 II. GENERAL SECRETARIAT ..........................................................................................14 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL ...............................................................................15 Department of Planning, Control, and Evaluation ...............................................................16 Department of Legal Services ..............................................................................................17 Department of External Relations ........................................................................................18 Department of Press and Communications ..........................................................................19 Office of Protocol .................................................................................................................21 Summits Secretariat..............................................................................................................21 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL.........................................................24 Office of Conferences and Meetings....................................................................................26 Office of Cultural Services...................................................................................................28 Coordinating Office for the Offices and Units of the General Secretariat in the Member States.....................................................................................................................................31 SECRETARIAT FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS.............................................................................33 Department of Crisis Prevention and Special Missions .......................................................33 Department for the Promotion of Governance .....................................................................35 Department for the Promotion of Democracy ......................................................................37 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FORINTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT..........................................40 Office of the Executive Secretary (OSE) .............................................................................40 Department of Follow-up, Policies and Programs................................................................42 Department of Education and Culture ..................................................................................46 Department of Science and Technology (DCT) ...................................................................48 Department of Social Development and Employment .........................................................49 Department of Sustainable Development .............................................................................51 Department of Trade, Tourism, and Competitiveness..........................................................54 SECRETARIAT FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL SECURITY......................................................57 Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) .57 Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)..........................60 Department for the Prevention of Threats against Public Security ......................................63 SECRETARIAT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE ....................................................67 Department of Budgetary and Financial Services (DBFS) ..................................................67 Department of Human Resources (DHR).............................................................................68 Office of Information and Technology Services (OITS)......................................................71 Office of Procurement Services (OPS).................................................................................73 Office of General Services (OGS)........................................................................................75 i DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AFFAIRS......................................................77 Office of the Director of the Department .............................................................................77 Office of International Law ..................................................................................................77 Juridical Cooperation Office ................................................................................................79 III. SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATIONS .............................................................................81 Pan American Health Organization................................................................................................83 Inter-American Children’s Institute ...............................................................................................86 Inter-American Commission of Women........................................................................................89 Pan American Institute of Geography and History ........................................................................92 Inter-American Indian Institute......................................................................................................95 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture ..............................................................98 IV. OTHER INTER-AMERICAN BODIES......................................................................102 Inter-American Juridical Committee............................................................................................103 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...........................................................................105 V. OTHER AUTONOMOUS AND DECENTRALIZED ORGANS, AGENCIES, ENTITIES AND DEPENDENCIES.............................................................................108 Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster Reduction ........................................................109 Justice Studies Center of the Americas........................................................................................110 Administrative Tribunal ...............................................................................................................115 Pan American Development Foundation .....................................................................................117 Board of External Auditors ..........................................................................................................119 Inter-American Defense Board ....................................................................................................121 Inter-American Court of Human Rights.......................................................................................125 Office of the Inspector General....................................................................................................128 Human Development Fund Committee........................................................................................130 Inter-American Telecommunication Commission.......................................................................133 Inter-American Committee on Ports ............................................................................................136 VI. PERMANENT OBSERVERS......................................................................................139 VII. ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS...............................141 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................148 Appendix A: Inter-American Councils, Committees, and Commissions ....................................149 Appendix B: Conferences and Meetings of the Organization of American States .......................151 Appendix C: Inter-American Treaties and Conventions..............................................................157 Appendix D: Human Resources...................................................................................................159 Appendix E: Financial Situation of the OAS...............................................................................167 Appendix F: Selection of Scholarship Recipients........................................................................170 Appendix G: Cash Contributions Received from Permanent Observers, 2006 ...........................173 Appendix H: Program-Budget: Levels of Execution ...................................................................177 ii OAS ORGANIZATION CHART iii INTRODUCTION In fulfillment of the mandate set forth in Articles 91 and 112 of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), I am pleased to present a report on the activities