ADJUSTMENT TO THE 2007 PROGRAM-BUDGET
On Wednesday, December 13, 2006, Ambassador
Francisco Villagrán de León,
Chair of the CAAP, submitted to the Permanent
Council a draft resolution
prepared by the General Secretariat
(CP/CAAP-2870/06 rev. 1),
whereby the Permanent Council authorized the
additional funding in the 2007 budget
needed to cover increases in statutory costs,
including those related to staff costs.
The Staff Committee is pleased to inform the
staff that the Permanent Council
adopted the following draft resolution:
http://www.staff.oas.org/documents/CP_CAAP_2870_Eng.doc
The President of the Staff Association and the
Staff Committee wish to acknowledge,
on behalf of all OAS staff members, the
tremendous efforts made by the
Secretary General and the Secretariat for
Administration and Finance,
and the leadership demonstrated by the Chair of
the Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Affairs (CAAP), to bring about a
satisfactory and constructive
conclusion to the deliberations and decisions on
the necessary adjustments to the
program-budget of the Organization for 2007.
Likewise, the Staff Association expresses its
appreciation to the permanent
representatives of the member states who adopted
this resolution.
It requests that a permanent solution be found
to address adjustments
authorized pursuant to the General Standards,
General Assembly resolutions,
and the obligations assumed by the General
Secretariat and staff members.