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.
Inter-American Committee against Terrorism to Hold its Fifteenth Regular Session
March 17, 2015
The Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold its fifteenth regular session on March 19 and 20, 2015 at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington, DC.
The two-day meeting will be divided into sessions during which member states will discuss the issues of “Physical Infrastructure: energy, financial, transportation and telecommunications systems,” “Security of Tourism and Recreational Facilities: a Multidimensional Approach,” and “Critical Digital Infrastructure: Cyber Security.” The opening ceremony of the event will feature presentations by the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza; the Interim Representative of Canada to the OAS, Jennifer May Loten, on behalf of the Chair of CICTE; and the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED), Weixiong Chen.
As part of the meeting the Third Meeting of the National Points of Contact will also take place. It is also expected that the authorities will approve the CICTE Work Plan and the Draft Declaration entitled "Protection of Critical Infrastructure from Emerging Threats." CICTE is composed of all member states of the OAS and its main purpose is to promote and develop cooperation among member states to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism, in accordance with the principles of the OAS Charter, and the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism.
The inaugural session that will take place on Thursday 19 at 15:30 EDT (19:30 GMT) will be open to the press.
WHAT: Opening session of the XV Regular Session of CICTE
WHEN: March 19, 2015, 15:30 EDT (19:30 GMT)
WHERE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006