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.
We regret that the meeting of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, with four civil society organizations (CEDH RNDDH CSI and IC) at the request of the responsible party from the CSI, has been used for the sole purpose of conducting a campaign of political proselytism in the press.
The OAS takes special care not to pass judgment on the institutions of the country because its objective is not to judge or cause harm to institutions, but to provide support for the strengthening of the country’s institutions with a constructive spirit.
The institutional strengthening of the State is necessary for the exercise of democracy and the full exercise of fundamental rights. When the OAS issues recommendations and conclusions, it delivers them directly to the officials of the Haitian State and does not use the press as a medium to exert pressure for specific party goals.
On the elections of a third of the Senate in 2009, and on the decision to quarantine some votes as mentioned in the note from the “Collective of civil society organizations” –signed solely by the head of the CSI—dated September 2, 2010, I must clarify that following an investigation I conducted personally, the CEP specified the conditions in which this had occurred. Thus, a “Mise au Point,” focusing on events in the commune of Petite Riviere de l'Artibonite was made public, dated July 28, 2009 (see attached).
The conclusion is that none of the four candidates of the second round delivered the tallies to the Office of Departmental Electoral Office of Legal Advice (BCED) or the National Electoral Challenges Office (BCEN) with the certification of the votes obtained even when they had the legal means to do it (section 190 of the Electoral Law).
Following the regulations established by law, the CEP decided unanimously not to recognize the 126 electoral ballots.
The coordinator of the Tabulation Center mentioned by the “Mise au Point” of the CEP was neither an employee nor a representative of the OAS, but a consultant hired by the CEP for its care his sole and exclusive responsibility.
The OAS recognizes the progress achieved in recent years and values the road ahead to help the consolidation of democracy. We reiterate our commitment to the Haitian people, their efforts to rebuild their country and to the consolidation of democracy, the Rule of Law and the full respect for human rights in Haiti.
Ricardo Seitenfus
Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States
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