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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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 CONGRATULATES THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE U.S. AND WELCOMES HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
November 5, 2008
The Permanent Council and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, congratulated the President-elect of the United States, Barack Obama, and welcomed him as a future participant at the Fifth Summit of the Americas, which will take place on April 17-19 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
“For us, what happens here, in the United States, not only the oldest democracy in the Hemisphere, but also the oldest democracy in the world, is a matter of great importance. Yesterday, again, the American people demonstrated their vocation and love for democracy. Not only the fact that so many people came out to vote, and that it was a peaceful election, but also because minorities and majorities got together to celebrate democracy,” expressed the Secretary General during the Regular Session of the Permanent Council.
According to the leader of the regional Organization, the elections that took place last Tuesday were encouraging for all of the OAS Member States. “I hope that this new example of democracy will strengthen this Organization’s will to continue to fight bravely for the common values that we share, those that have given birth to this Organization, and that have kept it standing for so many years”, he stated.
For his part, the President of the Permanent Council, and Representative from Bolivia, Ambassador Reynaldo Cuadros, congratulated the American people for the “civism demonstrated during yesterday’s electoral process”. He also stated his perception that “these elections had a high level of participation” and requested other delegates to “also express their best wishes to the people of the United States and its future government.”
The U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Hector Morales, thanked the members for the sentiments expressed and concurred on the importance of the high level of participation from citizens who cast their vote in a journey that resulted in the election of the first African-American as President of his country.
“Voters had a free, fair and transparent election, which is the most basic process of democracies. I am very proud of my country today. United States’ citizens exercised their right to vote yesterday, because they were determined to play a role in the future of their country,” he added.
Lastly, The Representative of Trinidad and Tobago, to the OAS, Ambassador Glenda Morean-Phillip, commended the people of America for their civic commitment and welcomed the President-elect as future participant at the Fifth Summit of the Americas that will gather the 34 Heads of State and Government of the OAS Members States in her country on April 17-19, 2009.