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 BEGINS ACCREDITING JOURNALISTS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA, IN JUNE
April 14, 2008
The Organization of American States has opened registration for print, radio and television journalists as well as photographers and camera operators who wish to cover the Thirty-Eighth Regular Session of the General Assembly that will be held in Medellín, Colombia, from June 1 to 3.
At their annual gathering, the Foreign Ministers from the 34 OAS member states will discuss and take decisions on a wide-ranging agenda of topics, under the main theme of “Youth and Democratic Values.” In proposing the central theme in February, the government of Colombia stressed that the countries of the region must strengthen actions and cooperation to address the rising demands from the youth.
On his visit to the OAS headquarters last February, Colombia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Fernando Araújo Perdomo, spoke about the important role of the youth. He argued that government agendas must have the necessary tools to promote incorporation of the youth into the political, social and productive arenas.
“We are fortunate to be living in hemisphere of youth. Nearly one fifth of our population is between the ages of 15 and 24 years of age. While we often think of young people only as beneficiaries of certain public policies, we must ask ourselves what opportunities we are providing them so their rights as citizens, their involvement in decision-making and their active participation reflect the vitality of our democracies,” the Colombian Foreign Minister remarked.
The General Assembly is the highest decision-making body of the OAS, and its decisions will guide the hemispheric organization’s activities and priorities over the next year, on such issues as promoting good governance, strengthening human rights, enhancing hemispheric security and addressing shared security concerns. A draft agenda and related documents can be found online, on the OAS General Assembly website (www.oea.org/38ag).
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