Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.
Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here.
Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.
Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.
The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.
The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
Here you will find information related to the GS/OAS Procurement Operations, including a list of procurement notices for formal bids, links to the performance contract and travel control measure reports, the applicable procurement rules and regulations, and the training and qualifications of its staff.
The OAS Treasurer certifies the financial statements of all funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS. Here you will find the latest general purpose financial reports for the main OAS funds, as well as OAS Quarterly Financial Reports (QFRs).
Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
SURINAME’S FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS OAS OF POVERTY-FIGHTING MEASURES
November 20, 2002
Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maria E. Levens, told diplomats at the Organization of American States today that her government has spared no effort in its drive to tackle poverty, and has introduced rigorous measures to improve the situation of its neediest citizens.
“President Venetiaan made very clear that his administration is determined to bring Suriname and its people back on the path of prosperity, growth and development,” Minister Levens declared to a special session of the Permanent Council, reiterating the President’s pledge at the start of his administration just over two years ago.
Surveying the hemispheric situation, she urged the OAS to ensure that eradication of extreme poverty remain at the top of its agenda, given that more than 170 million citizens of the Americas still live in poverty.
She commended the Permanent Council on plans to host next Monday’s special session on “Women’s Participation in Political Processes” but expressed disappointment that, as 40 per cent of the work force, women “still face barriers when they try to reach the top.”
The Foreign Minister thanked the OAS for its collaboration with the Republic, which marks its 25th independence anniversary on November 25, also its 25th anniversary as an OAS member country, noting the success of the Suriname-OAS experience has been a matter of record.
And, speaking for her President, Minister Levens commended the OAS for its efforts to be more efficient, effective and streamlined, “ready to deal with the mandates of the Summit of the Americas process.” She observed that the OAS would be judged largely by the outcome of its reforms.
As Chairman, Ambassador Denis G. Antoine of Grenada opened the meeting and welcomed Surinamese Minister to the Permanent Council, her first time addressing the forum of member state Permanent Representatives.
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