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.
DECLARATION CENTRAL AMERICAN UNACCOMPANIED CHILD MIGRANTS
July 23, 2014
(Presented by the Permanent Missions of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras)
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
TAKING IN TO ACCOUNT that the migration of children and adolescents not accompanied by their parents constitutes one of the most glaring manifestations of social exclusion and the lack of protection of their human rights,
CONSIDERING:
That there is deep concern about the growing number of unaccompanied children and adolescent migrants, mainly from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, who are in transit or currently in shelters under the care of migration authorities along the southern border of the United States of America;
That the phenomenon of child migration should be approached from a comprehensive perspective that considers and includes migration measures as well as economic and social policies in all the countries involved; and
That the protection of the lives, the respect for human rights, and the well being of migrant children must be guaranteed at all times as cornerstones of migration policies, legislation, and procedures implemented in all countries, bearing in mind the family reunification,
DECLARES:
1. Solidarity with the governments of the region, so that the problem of unaccompanied migration of children is addressed from a humanitarian perspective that ensures the wellbeing and respectful treatment of the children and that allows for family reunification where appropriate.
2. The importance of urging countries of origin to make genuine efforts to guarantee essential security conditions for their citizens, in particular children and adolescents, and respect their human rights, so they can develop and flourish in their own local communities within their countries of origin.
3. That the international community and countries of origin be urged to jointly allocate resources to foster economic development, social inclusion, employment opportunities, and citizen security in order to reduce the impetus for migration to other countries in search of opportunities not found in the countries of origin.
4. Its request that receiving countries, including countries of transit, consider the wellbeing and full respect of the human rights of children and adolescent migrants as a central humanitarian principle in their migration policies to address this issue.
Its support of countries of origin, transit and destination in their efforts to combat organized transnational crime, human smuggling.
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