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.
Message from the OAS Secretary General on International Women’s Day
March 7, 2017
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Today, on International Women’s Day, we must recognize that, despite the progress made in recent years, one of the greatest challenges to the legitimacy and validity of democracy in the Americas comes from social and gender inequalities.
These inequalities limit the potential for development, security and governability in the region.
In order to gain access to political office and influence decision making, the women of the Americas confront a series of challenges: sexist media coverage, gender stereotypes and the gender division of political work. Other pending challenges include the under-representation of women who belong to vulnerable groups, the lack of access to political financing and to the media, and harassment.
As a one of a kind achievement in the world, five of the countries of the Americas – Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Nicaragua – have adopted parity between men and women in politics. And in the framework of the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Peru, the countries will work together with the OAS Inter-American Commission of Women to consolidate and reaffirm existing commitments to women’s leadership, achieving parity and eliminating barriers to the full exercise of the political rights of women.
Today, more than ever, there is an urgent need to accelerate the elimination of gender inequalities in politics, and to ensure the full exercise of women’s political rights in our democracies.