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 Permanent Representative of Chile, Juan Anibal Barría, today assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) -which rotates every three months- with a call to defend the values of the Organization, among which he highlighted the defense of democracy and freedom.
"This year our Organization celebrates 70 years, so we have to be more consistent, loyal and faithful than ever to commitments to a greater and better representative democracy, with the rule of law, with the expansion of rights and freedoms and to strengthen peace and security in our Hemisphere," said the Chilean diplomat.
Meanwhile, the outgoing Chair of the Council, the Ambassador of Canada, Jennifer Loten, highlighted the agenda promoted during her term. "Canada is very very proud of the role we played –we’ve been able to bring forward some very important issues that have always been part of our set of priorities- gender issues, human rights, democracy”, she added.
The Permanent Representative of Grenada, Angus Friday, will be the Vice Chair of the Council.
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