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.
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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.
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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 Secretary General Condemns Attack on Hospital and Killing of Journalists in Guatemala
March 12, 2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today expressed his condemnation of the armed attack that took place outside the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Guatemala City, which left two people dead and 27 injured.
Likewise, he expressed his condemnation of the deaths of two journalists, as a result of an armed attack in a park in Mazatenango, Suchitepequez.
"The violence perpetrated by criminal gangs is always reprehensible," said the Secretary General, adding that he expects a prompt investigation leading to the capture of those responsible for these crimes, “to reassure the civilian population."
Secretary General Insulza expressed his condolences to the families in mourning as a result of this tragedy and his full support to the Government of Guatemala in its fight against gang violence and organized crime.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.