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(Organizational chart)

» General Assembly
» Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
» The Councils of the Organization
» Permanent Council
General Committee
Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs
Committee on Hemispheric Security
Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities
» Inter-American Council for Integral Development
 
» Inter-American Juridical Committee
» Autonomous and/or Decentralized Organs, Agencies, Entities, and Dependencies
  Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Secretariat of the Administrative Tribunal of the OAS
Office of the Inspector General
Board of External Auditors
Academic and Technical Studies Scholarship Selection Committee
 
» General Secretariat  (Organizational chart)
  1. Office of the Secretary General
    1. Office of the Chief of Staff of the Secretary General
      1. Department of Press
        1. Press Section
      2. Department of Planning, Control, and Evaluation
      3. Department of Legal Services
      4. Office of Protocol
    2. Summits Secretariat (at the department level)

       
  2. Office of the Assistant Secretary General
    1. Office of the Chief of Staff of the Assistant Secretary General
    2. Office of the Secretariat to the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation, the Permanent Council, and Subsidiary Organs
    3. Department of Conferences and Meetings
      1. Conference Services Section
      2. Language Services Section
      3. Printing, Distribution, and Information Services Section
    4. Coordinating Office for the Offices and Units of the General Secretariat in the Member States
    5. Permanent Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) (at the office level)
    6. Columbus Memorial Library (at the office level)
    7. Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee on Ports

       
  3. Secretariat for Political Affairs
    Executive Office of the Secretary for Political Affairs
        Administrative Support Section
     
    1. Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation
    2. Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions
    3. Department of State Modernization and Good Governance

       
  4. Executive Secretariat for Integral Development
    Executive Office of the Executive Secretary for Integral Development
        Development Policies Section
        Development Programs and Projects Management Section
        Administrative Support Section
     
    1. Department of Education and Culture
      1. Education Section
      2. Culture Section
    2. Department of Trade and Tourism
      1. Trade Section
      2. Tourism Section
      3. Foreign Trade Information System Section
    3. Department of Sustainable Development
    4. Department of Social Development and Employment
    5. Department of Science and Technology
      1. Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) (at the office level)
    6. Department of Human Development
      1. Scholarships Program
      2. Educational Portal of the Americas
      3. Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund

         
  5. Secretariat for Multidimensional Security
    Executive Office of the Secretary for Multidimensional Security
        Administrative Support Section
     
    1. Department for the Coordination of Policies and Programs
    2. Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) (at the department level)
      1. Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism Section
      2. Demand Reduction Section
      3. Supply Reduction and Alternative Development Section
      4. Inter-American Drug Observatory Section
      5. Educational Development and Research Section
      6. Anti-Money Laundering Section
      7. Institution-Building Section
    3. Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) (at the department level)
      1. Border Control Section
        1. Airport Security
        2. Document Security and Fraud Prevention
        3. Immigrations and customs
        4. Port Security
      2. Section for Critical Infrastructure Protection
        1. Cyber Security
        2. Tourism Security
      3. Section for Legislative Assistance regarding Terrorism
      4. Section against Terrorism Funding
      5. Section for Terrorism Crisis Management Exercises
      6. Policy Formulation and Coordination Section
    4. Department of Public Security
      1. Office of Humanitarian Mine Action
      2. Public Security Policies Section
        1. Hemispheric Security Observatory
        2. Policy-making
        3. Security and the media
        4. Prison systems
        5. Gangs
        6. Concerns of small island states
      3. Section against Transnational Organized Crime
        1. Horizontal Cooperation against Transnational Organized Crime
        2. Trafficking in Persons
        3. Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, and explosives

           
  6. Secretariat for Administration and Finance
    Executive Office of the Secretary for Administration and Finance
    1. Department of Human Resources
      1. Office of the Director
      2. Compensation and Benefits Section
      3. Staff Services Section
      4. Organizational Development Section
    2. Department of Budgetary and Financial Services
      1. Office of the Director
      2. Office of the Deputy Director
      3. Section for Coordination of the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs (CAAP) of the Permanent Council
      4. Financial Operations Section
      5. Financial Reporting and Compliance Section
    3. Department of Information and Technology Services
      1. Office of the Director
      2. Infrastructure Services Section
      3. Analysis and Programming Section
      4. Telephone Services Section
      5. Information Structuring Section
    4. Office of Procurement Services
      1. Office of the Director
      2. Purchasing Section
      3. Inventory Section
      4. Travel Section
    5. Office of General Services
      1. Office of the Director
      2. Building Management and Maintenance Section
      3. Messenger, Mail, and Transportation Section
      4. Security Section

         
  7. Secretariat for Legal Affairs
    Executive Office of the Secretary for Legal Affairs
    1. The Department of International Law
    2. The Department of Legal Cooperation (Technical Secretariat for Legal Cooperation Mechanisms)
    3. The Department of Special Legal Programs
    4. The Office of the Director General of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (at the department level)

       
  8. Secretariat for External Relations
    Executive Office of the Secretary for External Relations
                 a.   Fundraising
                 b.   Participation of civil society
                 c.   Administrative Support Section
  1. Department of Communications and Institutional Image
    1. Radio and Television Section
    2. Website Section
    3. Américas Magazine Section
  2. Department of International Affairs
    1. Relations with the Host Country Section
  3. Department of Cultural Affairs
    1. Art Museum of the Americas (at the section level)
       
» Specialized Conferences
» Specialized Organizations

 

Inter-American Children’s Institute - IIN
Inter-American Commission of Women - CIM
Inter-American Indian Institute - III
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture - IICA
Pan American Health Organization - PAHO
Pan American Institute of Geography and History - PAIGH
 
» Other Agencies and Entities

 
Administrative Tribunal
Board of External Auditors
Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development
Inter-American Committee against Terrorism - CICTE
Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction - CIRDN (PDF Version)
Inter-American Committee on Ports
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Defense Board
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission - CICAD
Inter-American Telecommunications Commission - CITEL
Justice Studies Center of the Americas
Pan American Development Foundation
 


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