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.
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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.
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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.
Colombia: OAS Secretary General Calls Final Agreement “Historic Step toward Peace”
August 24, 2016
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, today called the conclusion of negotiations and the announcement of a final agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP guerillas “a historic step toward the building of a stable and enduring peace” in the country.
Almagro congratulated the government and people of Colombia, and recalled that the OAS has closely accompanied Colombians’ desire for peace for more than a decade through the Mission of Support for the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS).
Specifically, the Mission has established a presence in the most marginalized territories and those most affected by the violence, has accompanied the initiatives of communities, organizations and institutions, monitoring the dynamics of the conflicts, and building bridges between the needs of Colombians and the peace policies of the government.
Moreover, the Secretary General underlined the role that will be played by the OAS in the post-conflict period. “The government of Colombia has asked us to support the post-conflict phase through a series of monitoring and accompaniment actions in the territories.”
He added “we are committed to assuming this and other challenges that will allow us to contribute to the consolidation of peace in Colombia.”
The OAS leader welcomed as a great step toward peace the agreements reached on issues such as access to land, political participation, guarantees for victims, a solution to the problem of illicit drugs, measures to end the conflict, and the endorsement of the agreements by Colombians.
Finally, Almagro recognized the firm resolve of the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC-EP guerillas to put an end to the conflict.
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