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.
Statement by José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the OAS, On the impact of Hurricane Katrina
September 1, 2005
The OAS community expresses its condolence and solidarity as it joins the government and people of the United States of America in mourning the tragic and regrettable loss of life and the catastrophic damage which resulted in the Southern coastal states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi in recent days. Our hearts reach out to them as we learn more and more about the deep impact of personal loss, displacement of persons and the ordeal that have been forced to endure during this moment of hardship.
The Americas have witnessed the power of natural phenomena that hurricanes such as Katrina represent and the subsequent tragedy of such proportions. This must further embolden us to coordinate the collective efforts and enterprise of the Inter-American system to strengthen current mechanisms, organs and agencies engaged in reducing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters.
The issue of natural disaster reduction, mitigation and risk management is critical to our Organization’s entire membership and is therefore being given the most urgent attention under the current leadership. Large and small countries alike do suffer the devastating impact that natural disasters hold for life, property, security and development in the Hemisphere. The General Secretariat will work closely with member states to draw attention to this critical issue.
The OAS is presently consulting with other agencies to see the best mechanism through which it can render assistance.