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.
OAS ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION MAKES PRELIMINARY VISIT TO COSTA RICA
December 1, 2009
The Organization of American States (OAS), responding to an invitation from the Government of Costa Rica, will send an Electoral Observation Mission to accompany the process leading up to the General Election on February 7, 2010.
The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, designated Ms. María Emma Mejía as Chief of Mission. The former Minister of Foreign Relations of Colombia began a visit to Costa Rica Wednesday to meet the President of the Supreme Electoral Court, Luis Antonio Sobrado, and sign the agreement to regulate the observation mission. Furthermore, she will meet other electoral, political and government authorities.
The Colombian diplomat has a long record of public service and a widely recognized international experience. After serving as Colombian Ambassador to Spain under President César Gaviria, she was designated Minister of Education in 1995 and Minister of Foreign Relations in 1996. In 1998 she joined, as Vice Presidential candidate, the ticket of then Presidential candidate Mr. Horacio Serpa.
In 1999, President Andrés Pastrana designated Ms. Mejía negotiator in the peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). In 2008, Ms. Mejía was Chief of Mission of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission to Paraguay. She is currently a member of the Civil Commission for Facilitation with the National Liberation Army (ELN) and also of the Advisory Commission to the Government on Foreign Relations.
For the February 2010 General Election the Mission will deploy observers in most parts of the Costa Rican territory to follow the organization and administration of the elections, as well as of the political campaign.