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.
OAS PERMANENT COUNCIL TO EXPLORE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN THE AMERICAS
February 21, 2007
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special session this Friday, February 23, to examine current environmental challenges in the hemisphere and discuss possible measures that can be taken to strengthen legislation, agreements and cooperation in this area.
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, together with the Chair of the Permanent Council, Uruguayan Ambassador María del Luján Flores, will deliver opening remarks. The special session responds to the need to strengthen the capacity of the member states to address environmental issues at local and regional levels, through effective legal and institutional frameworks.
The special session will include presentations by prominent experts in the environment and environmental law, followed by an opportunity for dialogue among member state delegates, representatives of international organizations and other participants. As a result of this session, a document will be produced containing conclusions and priority actions to be pursued, in keeping with the objectives and guidelines adopted in December at the First Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and High-level Authorities on Sustainable Development, held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
The experts confirmed to attend include: Cristián Samper, Director of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; Neville Trotz, Science Advisor of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center; Rosalía Arteaga, Secretary General of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty; Charles Di Leva, Chief Council of International Law and Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, World Bank; and David Hunter, a renowned academic in International Environmental Law.
The session will be Webcast live (www.oas.org).
WHAT: Special Permanent Council session: “Opportunities for Cooperation in the Development of Legal and Institutional Frameworks for addressing Environmental Challenges in the Region”
WHEN: Friday, February 23, 2007
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Simón Bolívar Room
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington D.C.