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 Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression-Elect
July 25, 2014
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today met with Edison Lanza, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression-Elect of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), in his office at the headquarters the hemispheric Organization in Washington, DC.
Secretary General Insulza and Rapporteur-elect Lanza discussed the development of the future tasks of the official, the situation of the regional press, issues related to freedom of expression; and new technologies and their impact on the media.
On July 23, the Chair of the Commission, Tracy Robinson, informed the Secretary General of the selection of Mr. Lanza for this position. In her letter, the Chair asked Insulza to "take the necessary steps to formalize the hiring" of Mr. Lanza to perform his new tasks. In response to this request, and in accordance with the cordial relations that exist with the Commission, the Secretary General decided to name Mr. Lanza immediately to the position of trust Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and invited him to meet.
Lanza is a Uruguayan lawyer and journalist, and was appointed for a period of three years; on October 6 he will take office, and will replace Catalina Botero. At the meeting, Secretary General Insulza was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Hugo de Zela.
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