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.
THE GROUP OF FRIENDS OF HAITI EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER THE SITUATION IN HAITI
September 18, 2008
Expressing deep concern that the disaster challenges have compounded the economic recovery of Haiti, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert R. Ramdin, has however lauded the Haitian government’s effort to tackle the country’s difficult situation in the wake of Hurricanes Fay, Hanna, Gustav, and Ike.
Ambassador Ramdin made the remarks Tuesday, during a meeting of the OAS Group of Friends of Haiti, convened at the Organization’s Washington, DC headquarters to review the report on the situation in the Caribbean nation. The meeting of the Group of Friends follows Ambassador Ramdin’s September 11-13 visit to Haiti.
While recognizing the Haitian government’s efforts, Assistant Secretary General Ramdin also underscored the contributions of the international community, including the agencies of the inter-American system, towards mobilizing resources for disaster relief in Haiti.
The Assistant Secretary General commended the appointment of a new Cabinet in Haiti, which will facilitate the recovery effort, political stability and socio-economic development. Likewise, he saluted the initiative of representatives of the inter-American system organizations to hold regular coordination meetings on the ground in order to coordinate their programs.
Several Member State representatives shared information on the activities of their particular countries in the context of this post-disaster humanitarian phase in Haiti.
They stressed the need for effective mechanisms to prevent similar catastrophes in our region and for better, more coordinated responses when they do occur. They also identified engineering research, environmental restoration and preservation, proper building codes, education and law enforcement as vital to natural disaster mitigation initiatives.
During the meeting, an appeal was also made to Member States for ongoing contributions to the OAS Inter-American Emergency Aid Fund (FONDEM) and to ratify the Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance, with a view to strengthening the organization’s disaster management system.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin proposed the holding of a workshop on natural disaster in order to revise, streamline and revitalize the inter-American system regarding disaster mitigation. He further added “structural problems require structural solutions,” in reference to a viable approach to cope with the situation in Haiti.
It was also noted that President René Préval showed commitment to holding the elections to complete the Senate. The OAS is expected to provide strong support in that regard, in particular through the ongoing modernization of the civil registry project.