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.
IACHR EXPRESSES SATISFACTION OVER RELEASE OF FARC HOSTAGES
January 14, 2008
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2007 — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its satisfaction over the release, on January 10, of Clara Rojas and Consuelo González, who had been held as hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The IACHR recognizes the efforts by the governments of Colombia and Venezuela that made this important development possible, as well as efforts by the International Red Cross and the countries that acted as guarantors in this process.
The Commission also reiterates that the taking of hostages and their subjection to inhumane conditions in captivity constitute grave crimes that are prohibited under the standards of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. In this regard, the IACHR strongly urges the armed groups that continue to illegally hold hostage numerous civilians in Colombia to respect their lives, their security and their health, and to proceed with their immediate and unconditional release.
The IACHR trusts that the release of Clara Rojas and Consuelo González could represent a first step on the road toward a humanitarian agreement that could help bring about the peace desired by all Colombians and the international community.
Useful Links
IACHR Report on the Implementation of the Justice and Peace Law
Human Rights in Colombia, Chapter IV of the 2006 Annual Report, March 2007
Human Rights in Colombia, Chapter IV of the 2005 Annual Report, March 2006
Report on the Demobilization Process in Colombia, December 2004
Third Report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia, February 1999
Second Report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia, October 1993
First Report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia, June 1981
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