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.
The Department of International Law of the
Secretariat for Legal Affairs is pleased to
announce that registration for the “Course on
Fundamental Elements for Identification and
Protection of Stateless Persons and Prevention
and Reduction of Statelessness in the Americas”
is currently open. The event will take place on
February 12, 2015, at the headquarters of the
Organization of American States (OAS).
Mandate. OAS General Assembly resolution
AG/RES. 2826 (XLIV-O/14), “Protection of Asylum
Seekers and Refugees in the Americas,”
instructed the Permanent Council, through the
Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CJPA)
and with support from the Department of
International Law of the General Secretariat and
such technical and financial cooperation as may
be provided by the UNHCR, to continue
emphasizing the problems of statelessness in its
promotional and training activities and to
organize, during the first quarter of 2015, an
international course on statelessness for
members of the permanent missions of the member
states, the staff of the General Secretariat,
and other interested parties.
Pursuant to this mandate, the CJPA decided in
its session of September 15, 2014, to hold a
“Course on Fundamental Elements for
Identification and Protection of Stateless
Persons and Prevention and Reduction of
Statelessness in the Americas”.
Course details
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Venue: Organization of American States (1889 F St. NW, Washington, D.C., Rubén Darío
Room)
Participation: The course is open to staff of the permanent missions,
staff of the General Secretariat, as well as for other interested persons.