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.
Argentina Assumes the Chair of the Permanent Council
January 9, 2024
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The Permanent Representative of Argentina to the Organization of American States (OAS), Daniel Raimondi, today assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council, a position that he will hold until March 31, 2024.
After the ceremony that took place at the main headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Raimondi underlined the importance that the government of President Javier Milei “assigns to this Organization, to multilateralism in general and to foreign policy as a fundamental tool.” “The OAS is changing its profile for the better. The latest actions it has taken show that it can be more than what it has been in the past, that it has contributed positively to sustaining democracy and human rights,” he added.
Meanwhile, the outgoing Chair and Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Ronald Sanders, expressed thanks for the support he received during his term as Chair and said “Recognizing that we live in an imperfect world, the work of the Permanent Council can never be perfect. But if we strive to live up to the principles of the two OAS governing charters in conducting the work of the Council, we will continue to advance the interests of our peoples who must remain at the center of all that we do.”
The Vice Chair for the January-March term will be exercised by the Permanent Representative of Guyana, Samuel Hinds.
The Chair of the Permanent Council rotates every three months among the member states of the Organization, in alphabetical order. The Vice Chair also rotates every three months, but in reverse alphabetical order.