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.
Inaugural Meeting of International Council for Environmental Sustainability takes place at OAS
December 5, 2012
The first meeting of the International Advisory Council for the Advancement of Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability will take place on Friday, December 7th, under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Organization of American States (OAS).
The Council, composed of senior legal and environmental authorities and experts from around the world, will act as a global voice for environmental sustainability, giving guidance to UNEP, the OAS and other organizations on the implementation of the Rio +20 Declaration on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability.
The OAS will host an open session from 15:00 to 17:00 EST (20:00–22:00 GMT) to establish a dialogue on how best to improve global environmental governance. The session will be presented by Sherry Tross, Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the OAS, and Bakary Kante, Director of the UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, and will be attended by members of the Council. The agenda of the event and the authorities who will attend are available here.
From 18:00-20:00 (23:00-01:00 GMT) the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza will host an evening reception to mark the inauguration of the Council and launch the first compendium on Principles of Caribbean Environmental Law, by Justice Winston Anderson of the Caribbean Court of Justice.
Members of the Council and other authorities will be available to meet with the press at 14:30 EST (19:30 GMT) in the Leo Rowe Room of the Main Building of the OAS. Interview requests should be sent beforehand to [email protected]
WHAT: First Meeting of International Advisory Council for Environmental Sustainability and Launch of the book “Principles of Caribbean Environmental Law”
WHEN: December 7, 2012 at 15:00 EST (20:00 GMT) and 18:00 EST (23:00 GMT)
WHERE: Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
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