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.
In a resolution adopted by consensus during the second special session convened within the last few days to address the crisis, the Permanent Council again condemned the violence in Haiti, saying it was concerned about the deteriorating situation and its effects on the civilian population.
The member states renewed their support for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) initiatives to help resolve Haiti’s political crisis, and expressed “profound regret” that the Haitian opposition has not accepted the CARICOM Plan, “which offers the best prospects for a peaceful resolution to the current crisis.” The countries expressed hope that the opposition “will reconsider” its position.
Chaired by Canada’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Paul Durand, the Council reaffirmed its support for the OAS Special Mission for Strengthening Democracy in Haiti. The Organization’s second highest decision-making body also asked the Secretary General to remain in close contact with his UN counterpart and his representatives to ensure “coordination and complementarity in the roles of the two organizations, in particular taking into account the activities of the OAS Special Mission in Haiti.”
OAS Secretary General César Gaviria welcomed the resolution, underscoring the risk of a humanitarian crisis in Haiti. He said the resolution strengthens the role of the OAS and its Special Mission and assured the Council that he would coordinate closely with the UN to find an urgent solution.
The OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Luigi Einaudi, updated the Council on efforts by the OAS Special Mission and reiterated its commitment to remaining engaged in Haiti. He thanked the member and observer states as well as international institutions for their financial contributions to the Special Mission, which has 40 full-time staff in Haiti, about half of them devoted to matters related to the professionalization of the police force and security system.
The Permanent Council Chairman updated the member state representatives on his visit to Haiti this past weekend as part of a delegation led by Bahamian Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell.
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