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 new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, Rita Hernández Bolaños, today presented credentials to the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, and reaffirmed her country's commitment to the principles and values of the Organization.
Ambassador Hernández Bolaños said her work agenda is aligned with the four pillars of the OAS: Democracy, Human Rights, Multidimensional Security and Sustainable Development. "We will work for more democracy, more security, more full enjoyment of human rights and greater development," she said.
For his part, Secretary General Almagro committed his support for Costa Rica at the head of the political body of the Organization. "We know that the challenges are many and complex, you will be the next President of the Permanent Council. We know that because of being a woman, the road has more obstacles. We count on your commitment to the principles of the OAS to face them successfully," he said.
Costa Rica will assume the Presidency of the Permanent Council from July 1 to September 30, 2018. The Chair of the Permanent Council is held successively by the representatives of OAS Member States following the alphabetical order in Spanish. The Chair is currently held by Colombia.