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.
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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.
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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 BY THE PERMANENT MISSION OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TO THE OAS AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL “TRIBUTE TO H.E. BERNARDO ALVAREZ, FORMER PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELA TO THE OAS”
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Assistant Secretary General, H.E Nestor Mendez; Distinguished Excellencies, Alternate Representatives and Permanent Observers; Members of the Staff of the OAS General Secretariat; Ladies and gentlemen; Good morning,
Death, although untimely, is inevitable.
It was with immense sadness that the delegation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines learnt of the passing of H.E. Bernardo Alvarez, former Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to this Organization. My delegation therefore pays homage to a distinguished diplomat and Venezuelan nation-builder, and extend our sincerest commiseration to his family, the staff of the Permanent Mission, as well as to the government and people of Venezuela on the loss of a great son, who has represented his country’s ideals and interest immaculately in this Organization, particularly in this Council.
For my delegation, we have lost a very good friend and colleague, and we pray and hope that his family finds the strength and fortitude to assuage their grief in this time of mourning. Our beloved friend was a man of great tenacity, with a resolute spirit, passion and dedication. During his time with us, he was a champion of many causes, especially those regarding “diplomatic solidarity” and cooperation for the ennoblement of the peoples of our Americas. My delegation remembers vividly our engagements with Ambassador Alvarez, particularly his efforts in facilitating the visit of my Prime Minister during his Chairmanship of the Permanent Council, to address Member States on the vital issue of “Reparations for Native Genocide and African slavery” – a topical issue for St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the entire Caribbean Community.
Indeed, Ambassador Alvarez’s physical presence will be deeply missed in these hallowed halls of this Organization, but my delegation takes solace in recognizing that his work and effort will continue to live on, his values will continue to reside in his children and his legacy will surely be remembered. The great book of Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us there is ‘a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens”, and verse 2 of the said book declares “…there is a time to live and a time to die…”
Today we mourn the death of our friend, but we also celebrate his life, a life which epitomizes solidarity and progression, struggles and victories, a determined life which has inspired many in their pursuit for the upliftment of all humanity.