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.
STATEMENT BY THE OAS ON HURRICANE DAMAGE IN CENTRAL AMERICA
October 6, 2005
The Organization of American States is following with deep concern the development and movement of Hurricane Stan through the Central American region and Southern Mexico. We are particularly concerned that at least 162 people have been reported killed in the wake of this hurricane thus far and, we are mindful of the potential for this toll to increase, given the vulnerability of particular areas to mudslides and flooding.
We deeply regret this tremendous loss of life and offer our sympathies to the families, communities and nations that have suffered.
These developments stemming from natural disasters come as we are still struggling to recover from the havoc and unprecedented tragedy caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States Gulf Coast region. This, once again, impresses upon us the urgency of a collaborative approach to disaster preparedness, mitigation and risk management in our Hemisphere.
The OAS itself has been treating these concerns with the utmost urgency and has been vigorously working to bring partners together within the Inter-American system and other important international players to come up with a viable strategy.
We cannot emphasize enough the importance of collaboration among a wide range of organizations and institutions covering all sectors, given the far-reaching implications when disasters do occur. We wish to draw particular attention to the conclusions of the Joint Consultative Body on Natural Disaster Reduction and Risk Management during their meeting of this past September 12, where experts agree that investing in natural disaster reduction and preparedness is far more cost-effective than relief and rebuilding alone; and that it make good sense. It is worth repeating the urgent need for natural disaster mitigation and response issues to be given much higher political priority.
There can be no doubt that natural disasters are a very present fact of life in our hemisphere, and as such demand proper planning, appropriate national policy frameworks and institutional support.
We again express heartfelt condolences, on behalf of the OAS member states and the General Secretariat, in particular to the families and communities of the victims.
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