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.
Speeches and other documents by the Secretary General
PEACE PROCESS IN COLOMBIA: STATEMENT FROM THE OAS SECRETARY GENERAL
October 10, 2016 - Washington D.C.
We have supported the peace process promoted by President Juan Manuel Santos from the beginning and we are deeply committed to the desire of the Colombian people to live in peace.
The recent majority decision by the voters not to support the Peace Agreements of Havana between the government and the FARC, in a plebiscite which included the electoral observation of the OAS, opens the doors to a peace process anchored in a great national dialogue.
The result of the referendum, being the voice of the people, must be respected by the participants in the ongoing dialogue.
This wise road of conciliation backed by the government, in which the opposition is taking part, and that is backed by the explicit goodwill of the FARC, is essential in any democracy to resolve internal differences.
We welcome the undeniable will of all those involved to find a viable way out of this post-plebiscite situation.
Similarly, we urge everyone involved to conclude an inclusive and definitive agreement as soon as possible to put an end to the armed conflict.
The recent awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Santos should be the greatest incentive to act in this way. The same can be said of the thousands of students who have peacefully protested, calling for a prompt conclusion to the process.
Since 2004, the OAS, through the Mission to Support the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS), has accompanied peace efforts on the grounded we will continue to do so in the post conflict stage. We recently signed the extension and enlargement of the mandate of the MAPP/OAS to focus on those dynamics that pose risks, threats, and challenges to peace.
Peace in Colombia is a victory for the entire hemisphere.
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