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.
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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.
OAS and the Supreme Court of Mexico Sign Agreement to Promote Human Rights Protection
February 17, 2015
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The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Supreme Court of Mexico signed today at the headquarters of the judiciary body a cooperation agreement on the dissemination and promotion of international law with the aim of promoting the protection of human rights.
The Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, said the agreement will allow for the training of judges and members of the Mexican judiciary to better understand the Inter-American system, and will facilitate the dissemination of case law and the work of the Court among the countries of the region, through the joint organization of conferences, seminars and workshops. "This is a general agreement on cooperation in dissemination and promotion of international law which we hope will be implemented through activities of common interest to be identified shortly," said Secretary General Insulza.
The agreement also includes the promotion and dissemination of international law; international legal cooperation; the development and implementation of research projects or comparative studies on topics of common interest; and the joint production of publications, among other initiatives.
For his part, the President of the Supreme Court, Luis María Aguilar Morales, highlighted the importance of the agreement for the entity that he leads. "We are convinced that for the best performance of the work of this high court, joint efforts are always welcome. We therefore open our doors to strengthen the bonds of friendship and inter-institutional collaboration for the benefit of the society that comes to us in search for justice."
Present at the signing ceremony were the President of the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico, Luis Raúl González Pérez; the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OAS, Emilio Rabasa; the Ministers of the High Court; the Directors of the Federal Judiciary; and Judges of the Federal Electoral Tribunal, among others.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.