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.
Haiti and Panama to Chair the Committees on Hemispheric Security and Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council
August 7, 2013
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today chose the Permanent Representative of Haiti, Duly Brutus, as the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security (CSH), and the Permanent Representative of Panama, Arturo Vallarino, as Chair of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP), during a regular meeting.
Expressing his appreciation at being chosen for the position he will hold until June next year, Ambassador Brutus said that "with regard to the development of security we still have a long way to go. In the Haitian Mission we are learning about the various dimensions of the Security Committee and will contribute to the process by making the issue more dynamic, to allow the construction of a peaceful and stable future for the Americas." The Permanent Representative of Guatemala, José Rodrigo Vielmann, was chosen as Vice Chair of the Committee.
For his part, Ambassador Vallarino, who will chair the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, said that "we will put into practice our knowledge and experience in carrying out this work. We hope to do the best work we can in a commission of such importance within the Organization, where virtually all the issues are legal or political." The Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the OAS, Diego Pary, will assume the Vice Chair of the CAJP.
During the meeting, the Council expressed its condolences and sympathy to the people and Government of Argentina for the deaths and injuries occurred in the collapse of a building in Rosario. On behalf of the Council, the Chair and Permanent Representative of Paraguay, Martin Sannemann, said "we asked the representation of Argentina to transmit our condolences to the government and the families of the people affected by this tragedy," he said. The OAS Secretary for External Relations, Alfonso Quiñonez, on behalf of the Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, joined the expressions of sympathy made by several representations and shared the message of solidarity announced by the Chair of the Council. "We regret this tragedy that is now afflicting the Argentine people," he added.
On another agenda item, the Council agreed that the Meeting of the Subsidiary Technical Group on Police Management will take place on September 19 and 20, in Mexico, as part of preparations for the next Ministerial Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA).
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.