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.
Suriname Accedes to the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons
May 8, 2023
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Suriname today deposited its signature of accession to the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons, during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC.
Suriname's Permanent Representative to the OAS, Marten Schalkwijk, said the Organization took a big step by approving the Convention in 2015. "The Government of Suriname values its senior citizens and expresses this by acceding to the Convention," said Ambassador Schalkwijk, who noted that Suriname is the first Caribbean country to accede to the Convention and called on its CARICOM peers to join the initiative.
For his part, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro recalled that, according to the Pan American Health Organization, more than 8 percent of the population in the Americas was over 65 years old in 2020, and it is estimated that the percentage of older adults will be 16 percent in 2050 and 30 percent by the end of the century. "We would like to recognize the Government of Suriname for its accession to the Convention, thereby showing its express commitment to protecting the rights of this group of people in the Hemisphere, often victims of discrimination and exclusion, and helping to move the agenda forward," added the OAS Secretary General.
The Convention entered into force in January 2017. So far it has been adhered to by 11 States: Uruguay, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, El Salvador, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Suriname.
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