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 and Mexico Sign Agreement for Mission to July 1 Elections
April 14, 2018
Photo: OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) and Mexico today signed an agreement on the privileges and immunities of the Mission of Foreign Visitors that will observe the July 1 federal and local elections.
After signing the agreement, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, explained that "the objective of this kind of mission is to contribute to the strengthening of electoral processes in the hemisphere, promoting integrity, impartiality, transparency and credibility." This will be the fourth mission the OAS has sent to elections in Mexico.
For his part, the Secretary for External Relations of Mexico, Luis Videgaray, emphasized that "the observation of the OAS through the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation, that carries out observation across the hemisphere, will be no doubt a fundamental contribution to this process."
During the July 1 elections, Mexicans will elect the president, 128 senators, 500 deputies, 8 governors, the Mayor of Mexico City, and thousands of local and municipal posts. Secretary General Almagro designated the former President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, as Chief of Mission.