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.
OAS Permanent Council Approves Resolution Introduced by Costa Rica to Convene a Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
November 18, 2010
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today passed with 22 votes in favor, 1 against and 7 abstentions a resolution introduced by the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the Organization to convene a meeting of consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
The meeting of Foreign Ministers will be held Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 11:00 EST (16:00 GMT) to analyze the situation between Costa Rica and Nicaragua in the border zone of the San Juan River.
The text of the resolution reads as follows:
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
UNDERSCORING that the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) determines that its essential purposes include strengthening hemispheric peace and security and, preventing possible causes of difficulties and ensuring the pacific settlement of disputes that may arise among the member states of the Organization;
CONSIDERING the request made by Costa Rica to the Permanent Council for the convocation of a Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the framework of the OAS Charter;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the “Report of the Secretary General of the OAS on his Visit to Costa Rica and Nicaragua” (CP/doc.4521/10), presented to the Permanent Council on November 9, 2010;
RECALLING resolution CP/RES. 978 (1777/10) on the “Situation in the Border Area between Costa Rica and Nicaragua,” adopted on November 12, 2010;
HAVING HEARD the Report of the Secretary General on the implementation of the aforementioned resolution; and
RECALLING ONCE AGAIN the willingness of Costa Rica and Nicaragua to engage in dialogue,
RESOLVES:
To convene a Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs at the headquarters of the Organization of American States at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, in order to:
1. Hear the Report of the Secretary General and consider the situation in the border area between Costa Rica and Nicaragua; and
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