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.
PAN AMERICAN DAY COMMEMORATED AT OAS AMID NEW
CALLS FOR DEMOCRACY EVALUATION MECHANISM
April 13, 2005
Pan American Day, April 14, was heralded at the Organization of American States amid renewed calls for a collaborative system to support democracy throughout the hemisphere. The promotion of democracy as a central hallmark of the OAS initiatives permeated the reflections on the uniqueness of the hemispheric family of nations.
During a protocolary session of the OAS Permanent Council in Washington Wednesday, Acting Secretary General Luigi R. Einaudi expressed pride at the achievements of the OAS during the past six months, but said that the Organization would deserve the strong support of member states only if it finds ways to advance a “democratic Pan Americanism without empire,” as visualized decades ago by Peru’s Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre.
Expressing concern about the persistence of social injustice and exclusion and noting limited use of the Inter-American Democratic Charter for constructive purposes, Einaudi suggested strengthening democratic institutionality through multilateral cooperation. Using the example of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM) whereby the member nations cooperate on evaluating progress against illicit narcotics, Einaudi proposed the negotiation of a similar mechanism to identify “practical ways to put our principles into practice..” He said “a MEM for democracy would help us all.”
Council Chairman Ambassador Alberto Borea of Peru described the Americas as a hemisphere “so rich, holding such potential,” and he praised how “nobly and firmly we have handled our differences, and basically see eye to eye on human rights, social solidarity and justice—a value all continents would like to have and which we enjoy.” Borea viewed the hemisphere’s unique fraternity as worthy of celebrating.
He also made reference to a Pan American Day proclamation issued by United States President George W. Bush renewing the administration’s commitment to supporting democratic institutions. “In the spirit of Pan American cooperation, we will continue to work to strengthen ties among our nations and further democracy, peace and prosperity,” the President said in the Proclamation.
In his reflections Chile’s Ambassador Esteban Tomic shared the optimism expressed about the future, but stressed the need for more resolute action to strengthen the Organization, highlighting the value of hemispheric cooperation given that no country can by itself accomplish anything.
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