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 Columbus Memorial Library to Host Panel to Honor Judge Thomas Buergenthal and commemorate Human Rights Day
November 28, 2023
The Columbus Memorial Library of the Organization of American States (OAS) will host a panel conversation to honor the memory of Judge Thomas Buergenthal and commemorate International Human Rights Day on Friday, December 1 at 13:00 EST (18:00 GMT), sponsored by the permanent missions to the OAS of Costa Rica and the United States.
Judge Buergenthal was known internationally for his contributions in the field of human rights. He was a Holocaust survivor and dedicated his life to promoting peace and justice through his work in institutions such as the International Court of Justice, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights.
The event "Honoring Judge Thomas Buergenthal’s Lasting Impact on the Inter-American System and the Americas" will include the participation -among others- of:
• Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus of the American University Washington College of Law, President of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDR), Prof. Claudio Grossman,
• Professor of Law and the Louis C. James Scholar at American University Washington College of Law, Former IACHR Commissioner and President, Robert Goldman,
• GW Law Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law Emeritus, Former IACHR Commissioner and President, Dinah Shelton,
• Senior Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean at The Carter Center¸ Jennie K. Lincoln,
• Former President of DPLF, board member of the Justice Center of the Americas (CEJA), and U.S. nominee to the IACHR, Douglass Cassel,
• Former U.S. Ambassador to the OAS, co-chair of The Global Water Challenge and vice chair of The National Democratic Institute, Hattie Babbitt
• Former Assistant IACHR Executive Secretary and first Secretary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Charles Moyer
The event agenda can be found here. RSVP requested.
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