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.
HAITI WILL CHAIR OAS PERMANENT COUNCIL FOR NEXT THREE MONTHS
July 1, 2003
Ambassador Raymond Valcin, Haiti’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, today assumed the chair of the Permanent Council, the OAS’ second highest decision-making body.
Accepting the gavel from his predecessor, Ambassador Odeen Ishmael of Guyana, during a brief ceremony in Washington the Haitian envoy stressed the importance his country attaches to once again assuming the leadership of the member state representatives’ forum. “Haiti will assume the presidency in a spirit of inclusiveness and openness,” he said of the intention to solicit the views, suggestions and advice of everyone. “There is no doubt about the continuing success of our institution with such an approach.”
Ambassador Valcin also pledged he would continue the special focus on such priority issues as security, combating poverty and the Cuba and Haiti issues. He noted the importance of special OAS events like the hemispheric security conference slated for Mexico next October and, making mention of the role of the OAS Special Mission for the Strengthening of Democracy in Haiti, also underscored the appreciation for OAS assistance to Haiti, a founding member of the Western Hemisphere body.
Meanwhile, reviewing highlights of his three-month tenure, the outgoing Permanent Council Chairman suggested the OAS begin to develop “some sort of engagement to deal with the Cuban issue.” Ishmael pointed out that Cuba has remained actively involved in certain aspects of the inter-American process, including the Pan American Health Organization and the Treaty of Tlatelolco [that bans nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean].
With Haiti in the three-month rotating Permanent Council chair, Colombia now assumes the vice chairmanship, succeeding Costa Rica.