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 Hold Special Meeting on Climate Change TOMORROW
November 20, 2023
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special meeting on Climate Change TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 21 at 10:00 EST (15:00 GMT) in the Simon Bolivar room at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.
In an alarming revelation, the latest UN Emissions Gap Report forecasts a catastrophic future: by 2030, if current trends persist, greenhouse gas emissions will skyrocket, breaking through the critical 1.5-degree ceiling set by successive COP summits. This threshold is globally recognized as the tipping point beyond which our planet faces irreversible climate disaster. The projected emissions are expected to equal the current combined annual outputs of three of the world's largest emitters.
The meeting of the Permanent Council, convened under the leadership of its Chairman, Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda, will address the devastating impact of climate change across the Americas. A panel of distinguished experts will emphasize the urgency for a unified stance at the upcoming COP28 in Dubai, and point the way towards confronting the greatest challenge of our generation.
The meeting will include the participation of:
• The Executive Director, Global Women Leaders Voices for Change and Inclusion, María Fernanda Espinosa,
• The Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and Director for Strategic Partnerships, Latin America at the Nature Conservancy, Isabel Studer Noguez,
• The President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon,
• The Senior Advisor to the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate of United States, Trigg Talley,
• The Chief of the Climate Change Section at the Department of Sustainable Development, Secretariat for Integral Development of the OAS, Rubén Contreras.
Please consult the agenda of the meeting here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meeting.
The meeting will be broadcast live - with interpretation in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese- on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page
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