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 Received the Permanent Observer of the Holy See
October 16, 2014
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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today received in his office the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the hemispheric body, Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza, with whom he discussed issues of security, development, the environment and democracy in the Hemisphere.
During the meeting, Secretary General Insulza presented his perspective on the major challenges facing the region in terms of security, the fight against crime and climate change, with special emphasis on the recent meetings of the post-2015 agenda and the discussions held in the framework of the United Nations General Assembly that took place in September in New York.
Another theme of the meeting was the situation in Haiti and aspects related to its demography, migration, legislation, elections, reconstruction efforts after the earthquake, and relations with the Dominican Republic. Both agreed on the importance of continuing international efforts in that country with a view to self-sufficiency, especially in the context of the support provided by MINUSTAH.
The Holy See has been an observer to the OAS since 1978 and has supported its work in the areas of democratic sustainability, peace processes, security and disarmament. Archbishop Auza also serves as the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.