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.
OAS Secretary General Meets with New President of Costa Rica
May 8, 2014
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, was received today by the new President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís, who assumed office in a ceremony attended by several leaders from the region.
The President of Costa Rica and the Secretary General had the opportunity to discuss the priorities of the new Costa Rican government. The Secretary General expressed his best wishes to President Solís for the four year term that begins today.
During the meeting, the Secretary General praised Costa Rica’s democratic tradition, and expressed his confidence that the new administration would continue to contribute substantively to the work of the OAS, in particular in the fight against inequality, not only in the economy but also in terms of justice, politics, and access to services such as education and health.
In the framework of the events surrounding the transfer of power in San José, Secretary General Insulza also met with the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales; the President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina; the Vice President of Argentina, Amado Boudou; the new Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, Manuel González; the Foreign Minister of Bolivia, David Choquehuanca; the Foreign Minister of Mexico, José Antonio Meade; the Foreign Minister of Panama, Francisco Álvarez de Soto; Prince Felipe of Spain; the Ibero-American Secretary General, Rebeca Grynspan; the Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA), Hugo Martínez Bonilla; and the Under Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean of Mexico, Vanessa Rubio Márquez.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.