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The Comptroller General of the Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: Contraloría General de la República de Costa Rica) is a legal comptroller framework in Costa Rica. It is a constitutional body of the state, an assistant of the Legislative Assembly , with supreme control of public finances in Costa Rica.
The Ministry of Finance of (Spanish: Ministerio de Hacienda)) Costa Rica is the government ministry of Costa Rica in charge of governing the fiscal policy on public resources, according to the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
Costa Rica ratified the convention on 23 August 1977. [3] It has four World Heritage Sites and one site on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Costa Rica listed was the Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park, in 1983. In 1990, the site was expanded to include the sites across the border in Panama.
The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Costa Rica, or INEC, in Spanish) is the governmental institution entrusted with the running of censuses and official surveys in the country. Its main office is in Mercedes district, in Montes de Oca. [1]
The Parliament is made up of fifty-seven deputies, all proprietors. Each time a general population census is carried out, the Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica reassigns the number of deputies allocated to each province, in proportion to the population of each one of them. [5] [6]
The Ministry of the Presidency (Spanish: Ministerio de la Presidencia) is a ministry of the Republic of Costa Rica created on 24 December 1961 through Law 2980. [1] Its work prescribed by law consists in providing support to the President of the Republic, serving as a liaison between the Presidency and the other branches of government, civil society and the various ministries.
In 1986, President Oscar Arias Sánchez declared December 1 as the Día de la Abolición del Ejército (Military abolition day) with Law #8115. Unlike its neighbors, Costa Rica has not endured a civil war since 1948. Costa Rica maintains small forces capable of law enforcement, but has no permanent standing army.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Spanish: Dirección General de Aviación Civil, DGAC), is the civil aviation authority of Costa Rica. It oversees all aspects of civil aviation operations and infrastructure within the country. The body was created by law on 26 October 1949. [1] Its headquarters are in San José. [2]