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.
United States Assumes Chairmanship of OAS Permanent Council
April 7, 2010
The Permanent Representative of the United States to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Carmen Lomellin, today assumed the Chairmanship of the OAS Permanent Council. Her predecessor, Ambassador José Enrique Castillo Barrantes, Costa Rica’s Permanent Representative, handed her the mallet that represents the authority of the second highest political entity of the hemispheric organization after the General Assembly.
During a brief ceremony held at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C., the Representative of the United States said she welcomed the transfer of the Chairmanship and reiterated her commitment to contribute to promote the main issues on the organization’s agenda. She also said that during the following three months “Haiti will continue to be a priority for the Organization,” and made reference to a Special Session of the Council to take place by the end of April and focus on the situation of the Caribbean country.
Likewise, Ambassador Lomellin highlighted the “efficient work done by the representation of Costa Rica” and affirmed that her country “will continue to work assiduously to achieve broad cooperation in preparation for the 40th OAS General Assembly” to take place in Lima, Peru, during the first week of June.
Ambassador Castillo Barrantes, for his part, briefly reviewed the work conducted by the Permanent Council under his leadership, and highlighted “having successfully fulfilled the process of electing the Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General and having initiated the discussion for the procedural reforms to said elections. It makes me very happy to transfer the Chairmanship to the United States, a country that has actively participated in these activities.”
The Permanent Representative of Ecuador, Ambassador Francisco Proaño, will be Vice Chair of the Permanent Council for the next three months. According to the Council’s Statute, the chairmanship is held by each of the representatives, in turn, following the alphabetic order in Spanish of the names of their respective countries. The Vice Chair is filled in the same way, following reverse alphabetic order. The Chairmanship of the Council from April to June 2010 corresponded to Dominica, who abstained from occupying the position.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.