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.
CANADA DONATES EQUIPMENT TO OAS FOR DEMINING OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA
October 17, 2006
The Organization of American States (OAS) today received a contribution from the Canadian government of 70 antipersonnel landmine detectors, which will support OAS mine-clearing operations in Nicaragua.
The donation, valued at approximately (U.S.) $195,000, will enable the Central American nation to continue clearing mines until its 2007 estimated conclusion date, with the support of the OAS Comprehensive Mine Action Program.
“Technical equipment is one of the most costly aspects of humanitarian mine-clearing activities,” said William McDonough, Director of the OAS Office of Humanitarian Mine Action. “Canada has been a great supporter in carrying out these operations, especially in the destruction of stockpiled mines in Nicaragua,” he added.
Nicaragua is the Central American country most affected by landmines, due to the regional conflict that took place in the 1980s. More than 141,000 antipersonnel landmines have been destroyed and certified in the country, but despite that progress, some 29,000 people still live within five kilometers of mined areas.
Besides Canada, countries that currently support landmine clearing operations in Nicaragua include Denmark, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United States.
Several different techniques and types of equipment have been used for the removal and destruction of explosives artifacts in Nicaragua, including heavy mechanical equipment, landmine detectors used by the Nicaraguan Army and a canine team that supports detection.
“Landmine detectors have been among the most ideal tools for Central America, largely because in the majority of the cases, the landmines are located in steep terrain, where other types of tools would be inadequate to the task,” explained McDonough, who recalled that landmines have cost a considerable number of victims in Nicaragua.
The OAS Mine Action Program has tallied 1,025 victims to date, of whom 938 are survivors. The program has supported 911 of these survivors with physical and psychological rehabilitation and 231 with training and support in micro-projects for their socio-economic reintegration. The reintegration efforts have been carried out in conjunction with the National Technological Institute.
Once the demining operations conclude, Nicaragua will become the fourth Central American country to eliminate the threat of antipersonnel landmines in its national territory, with assistance from the OAS. The others are Costa Rica (2002), Honduras (2004) and Guatemala (2005).
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