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.
Bahamas
Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape of the
Bahamas (Amendment) Act 2000
Barbados
The National Conservation Commission Act (1985)
Belize
The Environmental Protection Act of 1992
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Bolivia
Ley 1333 General del Medio Ambiente promulgada el 27 de abril de
1992 y publicada en la Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia el 15 de Junio
1992 y su Reglamentación
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Brazil
LEI Nº 6.938, DE 31 DE AGOSTO DE 1981: Política Nacional do Meio
Ambiente, seus fins e mecanismos de formulação e aplicação, e dá
outras providências
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Canada
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, c. 33
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Chile
Ley sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente Ley Nº 19.300
publicada en el Diario Oficial del 9 de marzo de 1994.
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Colombia
Ley General Ambiental de Colombia Ley 99 de 1993. Diario Oficial
No. 41.146, del 22 de diciembre de 1993
Código Nacional de Recursos Naturales Renovables y de Protección
al Medio
Ambiente.
Decreto 28 11 del 18 de diciembre de 1974
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Costa Rica
Ley Orgánica del Ambiente No. 7554, 4 de octubre de 1995
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Cuba
Ley No. 81 del Medio Ambiente publicada en la Gaceta Oficial de
la República de Cuba el 11 de junio de 1997
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Dominica
Physical Planning Act N.5 (2002)
Dominican Republic
Ley General sobre Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (64-00)
promulgada el 18 de agosto del año 2000
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Ecuador
Texto Unificado de la Legislación Ambiental Secundaria
Decreto Presidencial No. 3516, 31 de marzo de 2003, Edición
Especial No. 2 del Registro Oficial
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El Salvador
Ley de Medio Ambiente, Decreto No. 233, Diario Oficial de la
República de El Salvador, América Central Tomo No. 339, Número
79, San Salvador, Lunes 4 de Mayo de 1998.
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Grenada
Land Development (Control) Act N.40 1961
Guatemala
Ley de Protección y Mejoramiento del Medio Ambiente, 5 de
diciembre de 1986
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Guyana
The Environment Protection Act, 1996
Haiti
Constitución de 1987, Título IX
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Honduras
Ley General del Ambiente, Decreto No. 104-93
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Jamaica
The Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act N.9, 1991
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Mexico
Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al
Ambiente, publicada en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el 28
de enero de 1988
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Nicaragua
Ley General del Medio Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales de 1996
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Panama
Ley 41 del 1° de julio de 1998, General de Ambiente de la
República
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Paraguay
Ley Nº 816, que adopta medidas de defensa de los recursos
naturales
Ley 1095 que amplia la Ley Nº 816, que adopta medidas de defensa
de los recursos naturales
Ley no. 1561/00 que crea el sistema nacional del ambiente, el
consejo nacional del ambiente y la secretaria del ambiente
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