1. Screening of General Assembly Mandates As mandated by the Permanent Council CP/doc.4687/12 rev.2

2. Background

3. In September 2008, the OAS General Assembly reiterated the mandates adopted at its thirty-eighth regular session by resolution AG/RES. 2437 (XXXVIII-O/08) regarding the process of preparing the program-budget and, at the same time, ordered an in-depth examination of all the Organizations revenue and expenditure in the context of its current mandates in order to establish priorities and optimize the use of funds for future program-budgets, within the capacity of the member states to finance them. The first inventory of mandates (CP/CAAP-2968/08) was presented in 2008; however, its scope was too limited as it only identified the 537 mandates issued by the General Assembly session in Panama. The report on that inventory (CP/CAAP-2977/08 add. 1 corr. 1) defined what constitutes a mandate, and the first situation review of the Organizations mandates was prepared. The first list of mandates arranged by pillar and subpillar (CP/CAAP-3030/09 rev. 1) was presented toward the end of 2009; it identified more than 1,700 mandates from 1935 to 2008.

4. In 2010 and 2011 a number of mandate reviews were conducted using different schemes (active and inactive mandates, mandates classified by costing and with no funding assigned, and mandates by pillar, by subpillar and by set of mandates). The above reflects the complexity of the mandate issue at the OAS. Near the end of 2011, the Working Group on the Review of OAS Programs established an informal working group to analyze the mandates from a different perspective and design a scheme for screening them. In the Draft Procedure and Schedule of the Strategic Vision of the OAS, the Permanent Council instructed the Working Group to finalize the scheme for screening the mandates issued by the General Assembly over the past five years, with a view to consolidating all current mandates in a single document. This report (CP/CAAP-3175/12) and its addendums contain an analysis of the mandates based on the scheme used by the Working Group on the Review of OAS Programs, which were approved by the CAAP in accordance with the mandate of the Permanent Council.

5. Inventory of Mandates

6. Mandates Recorded 1935-2011 2,370 1935-2006 925 2007-2011 1,445 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 328 326 255 259 277

7. Mandates 2007–2011 1,445 General Assembly mandates Mandates from other legal instruments 96 1,349 Inter-American Programs Plans of Action Communiqués of Meetings of Ministers and High Authorities Work Plans

8. Method

9. a) Mandates with expired deadlines for implementation b) Mandates with currency solely during the budgetary cycle, under Art. 83 of the General Standards c) Mandates created for an event that has concluded Expired AG/RES. 2372 (XXXVIII-O/08) Coordination of Volunteers in the Hemisphere in response to Natural Disasters and the Fight against Hunger and Poverty – White Helmets Initiative No. 13To request the General Secretariat to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth regular session on the implementation of this resolution, the execution of which shall be subject to the availability of financial resources in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources. AG/RES. 2353 (XXXVII-O/07) Program-budget of the Organization for 2008, Quotas and Contributions to FEMCIDI for 2008 No. III, B, 14 14. Honoraria To maintain the sum of US$150 a day for the honoraria paid to members of the following bodies entitled to such payment: Administrative Tribunal, Board of External Auditors, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Inter-American Juridical Committee, and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. AG/RES. 2341 (XXXVII-O/07) Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials No. 4To convene, in the framework of the Consultative Committee of the CIFTA, the Third Meeting of the OAS Group of Experts to Prepare Model Legislation in the Areas to Which the CIFTA Refers, for October 15 and 16, 2007, to consider draft model legislation on legislative measures, pursuant to Article IV of the Convention.

10. d) Mandates corresponding to observations and recommendations on the annual reports of autonomous and decentralized organs, such as the: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Inter-American Juridical Committee

11. Duplicates Mandates whose text repeats identically over several years 2007AG/RES. 2271 (XXXVII-O/07) Protecting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism No. 4To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to continue promoting respect for and the defense of human rights and facilitating efforts by member states to comply appropriately with their international human rights commitments when developing and executing counterterrorist measures, including the rights of persons who might be at a disadvantage, subject to discrimination, or at risk as a result of terrorist violence or counterterrorist initiatives, and to report to the Permanent Council on the advisability of conducting a follow-up study. 2008AG/RES. 2415 (XXXVIII-O/08) Protecting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism No. 9To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to continue promoting respect for and the defense of human rights and facilitating efforts by member states to comply appropriately with their international human rights commitments when developing and executing counterterrorist measures, including the rights of persons who might be at a disadvantage, subject to discrimination, or at risk as a result of terrorist violence or counterterrorist initiatives, and to report to the Permanent Council on the advisability of conducting a follow-up study. 2009AG/RES. 2512 (XXXIX-O/09) Protecting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism No. 10To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to continue promoting respect for and the defense of human rights and facilitating efforts by member states to comply appropriately with their international human rights commitments when developing and executing counterterrorist measures, including the rights of persons who might be at a disadvantage, subject to discrimination, or at risk as a result of terrorist violence or counterterrorist initiatives, and to report to the Permanent Council on the advisability of conducting a follow-up study. 2011AG/RES. 2676 (XLI-O/11) Protecting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism No. 13To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to continue promoting respect for and the defense of human rights and facilitating efforts by member states to comply appropriately with their international human rights commitments when developing and executing counterterrorist measures, including the rights of persons who might be at a disadvantage, subject to discrimination, or at risk as a result of terrorist violence or counterterrorist initiatives, and to report to the Permanent Council on the advisability of conducting a follow-up study.

12. Procedure Mandates whose actions for implementation have been as incorporated as working or reporting methods in areas of the General Secretariat. AG/RES. 2338 (XXXVII-O/07 Support for and Follow-up to the Summits of the Americas Process No. 10To request the General Secretariat to submit to the Permanent Council systematic and detailed information on the budgetary and financial management of said Specific Fund. AG/RES. 2514 (XXXIX-O/09) Access to Public Information: Strengthening Democracy No. 12To instruct the Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR to continue to include in the Commissions Annual Report a report on the situation regarding access to public information in the region.

13. Not mandates Do not entail actions to be carried out by the Secretary General and do not meet the terms of document CP/CAAP-2977/8 add. 1 defining a mandate as a request for action by the OAS General Secretariat, which originates in a resolution of the General Assembly. 2010AG/RES. 2535 (XL-O/10) Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials No. 3To encourage the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) to implement, as appropriate, the aforementioned model legislation, and to request the assistance of the Technical Secretariat, where appropriate, in the development and enactment of this model legislation.

14. CAJP CSH CIDI CAAP CEAM SUMMITS Democracy and Governance Human Rights Multidimensional Security Integral Development Policy Direction Support to member states Administration Infrastructure and Common Costs Organizational PillarsPermanent Council Committees

15. Result

16. 1,349 mandates ExpiredDuplicates Not MandatesProcedure Current

17. 649 mandates

18. Distribution of mandates by Permanent Council committee MANDATES CAJPCSHCIDICAAPCEAMSUMMITSTOTAL Current207190139722120649 Expired126485322828465 Duplicates1263820239225 Not mandates3115 Procedure3115 TOTAL46527721430223681,349 COMMITTEE