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Executive Office of the Secretary of Legal Affairs
A. Functions
1. Provides advisory support, within its areas of
competence, to the General Assembly, the Meeting of
Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent
Council, the Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers
or Attorneys General of the Americas, the General
Secretariat, and other organs, agencies, and entities of the
Organization.
2. Represents the Secretary General in dealings before the
political bodies of the OAS, on missions, at international
meetings, and at other events dealing with matters in its
area of competence; prepares special reports and performs
other tasks as assigned by the Secretary General.
3. Ensures the implementation of the resolutions adopted by
the political bodies in its areas of competence.
4. Directs and coordinates legal and judicial cooperation
with the member states, international organizations, and
governmental and nongovernmental institutions.
5. Coordinates the activities of the Secretariat in relation
to the [Inter-American
Juridical Committee].
6. Contributes to the development and codification of
international law in the inter-American arena, through
recommendations, studies, and juridical activities.
7. Establishes and maintains cooperative relations on
juridical questions in its area of competence with public
and private organizations, whether national or
international, that have similar interests.
8. Supervises the [Judicial
Facilitators] Program.
9. In its area of competence, maintains a training program
for attorneys from the member states, in the form of law
internships.
10. Establishes a structure of posts that will ensure that
the required outcomes are attained with the resources
assigned.
11. Carries out activities to raise and mobilize external
funds to finance and promote its programs, projects, and
activities, in coordination with the Committee on Resource
Mobilization.
B. Administrative Support Section
1. The Administrative Support Section is responsible for
providing financial, budgetary, information technology,
logistical, and human resource management services to the
Secretariat for Legal Affairs as a whole, including all its
departments, under the operational supervision of the
Secretariat for Administration and Finance.
2. It prepares the program-budget of the SLA and all its
dependencies and assists the secretary for legal affairs in
directing, administering, and supervising its execution, in
keeping with the instructions of the Secretary General, the
pertinent resolutions of the General Assembly, and the rules
and regulations of the General Secretariat.
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