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 OF OAS SECRETARY GENERAL ON THE RECENT SPECIAL UN SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
October 1, 2009
“We at the OAS welcome the positive statements made by leaders of developed and developing countries at last week's Special UN Summit on Climate Change, particularly the commitments made by the leaders of the US and China to contribute towards meaningful outcomes at the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.
“We also noted President Obama's reference to the Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas which the President proposed at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago in April this year. The OAS stands ready to work with President Obama to bring this critical hemispheric vehicle to life. We believe the OAS can play a foundational role in this initiative, given our many decades of work in these areas and the existence of organs within the OAS system for dialogue at the highest political levels.
“The OAS remains hopeful that the Copenhagen Conference will be successful, but climate change is not awaiting the outcome of one meeting, it is an on-going phenomenon. The rate of global warming is such that even if the best deal is achieved in Denmark, the economies and societies of the most vulnerable countries will continue to be at risk for decades. This fact unleashes a moral obligation on the part of major industrialized countries, in particular to assist vulnerable countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change. We at the OAS see a critical role for ourselves in mobilizing and channeling support to vulnerable countries within the hemisphere".