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.
General Assembly of the OAS will Debate “The Present and Future of the Organization” in June
April 29, 2015
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) determined today, in a regular meeting, that the debates of the upcoming 45th General Assembly, which will take place at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington DC, will focus on the issue “the Present and Future of the OAS.”
The 45th General Assembly will be held on June 15 and 16.
During the meeting, the representatives also debated other aspects of the annual meeting that brings together the Foreign Ministers of the member states, among them the dialogue with civil society, the draft agenda of the event, and possible dates for the events that constitute the Assembly. The Council agreed to continue debate on these issues in future meetings.
During the meeting, the representatives of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela took the floor, as did the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Albert Ramdin.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.