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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.
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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 Secretary General Calls on Indigenous Groups to Accept Dialogue with Government of Panama
February 4, 2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, concerned about the situation in the Republic of Panama, due to the closing of the Inter-American Way-- measure of protest by indigenous groups in Ngäbe Buglém- requests indigenous leaders to accept the call for dialogue from the Government of Panama.
"President Ricardo Martinelli has showed his willingness to dialogue to avoid maintaining a situation of tension," said the Secretary General, and insisted on the need to open "a respectful dialogue to achieve peace that the people of Panama wish for and deserve."
Insulza called for having awareness that "the material and economic losses, product of this situation, harm the lives of thousands of Panamanian families of all levels, which far from sustaining a social vindication could cause irreparable harm."
"I believe it is possible and necessary to follow this road, so that Panamanians may seek, with wisdom and prudence, a balanced exit and put to an end the climate of confrontation, which harms the country and closes a path for communication that is vital to our region," he said.
Secretary General Insulza concluded by making a call "to immediately retake the way of dialogue.
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