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.
UNIVERSAL CIVIL REGISTRATION INITIATIVE TOUTED AT OAS
December 14, 2006
In any society, individuals who do not have an identity are much more vulnerable to abuse. That view was expressed by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, as he accentuated the importance of moving forward on an initiative to promote universal civil registration in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Insulza told member state ambassadors during a Permanent Council meeting that this issue has implications for democracy, as a legal identity is vital if citizens are to exercise their rights and assume their responsibilities in a democratic society.
The Secretary General told the Permanent Council meeting—chaired by Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador Marina Valere—that identity is an important part of the rights that protect citizens from abuses such as human trafficking and other crimes to which they fall victim.
“That is why we have been working so assiduously on this matter,” said Insulza, who referred to a cooperative approach under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed last August by the OAS, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The parties to the agreement undertake to cooperate on a citizen registration program, recognizing that a significant number of individuals in the region are not included in official civil registries.
Insulza argued that in a democratic society, people must have an identity, a name and a legal status. Stressing the importance of the memorandum of understanding, the Secretary General noted that nearly 15% of children under five years of age in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are not registered. The OAS “can now embark on projects in a number of countries,” Insulza said. “We have had discussions with some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments about tackling these citizen registration projects in greater depth.”
Others who addressed the Permanent Council Wednesday included the UNICEF Executive Director, Ann Veneman, and the Chief of the Office of the Presidency of the IDB, Jamal Khokhar. Both reiterated the arguments presented by Insulza, emphasizing the need for universal civil registration in order to protect the rights of unregistered citizens and bring them into the official systems in their respective countries.
Member state delegations, meanwhile, expressed support for the initiative, which was put before the Permanent Council by the delegations of Peru and Mexico.
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