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 Secretary General Calls for National Unity and Respect for Institutions in Guatemala
July 20, 2011
As a result of the political situation in Guatemala, in the context of the electoral process leading up to presidential elections in September, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, said he is “concerned about the environment of political tension that in this context has been created in the Central American country, especially by the definition of the registration of candidates from different political organizations.”
He added that “the magnitude of the challenges faced today by Guatemala, above all those from the activities of organized crime, make it indispensable for the election to be another show of national unity to strengthen democracy and respect citizen institutions.”
The head of the hemispheric Organization warned that “public demonstrations and public debate strengthen democracy, so long as they allow for the peaceful expression of all political preferences, within a framework of respect for institutional mechanisms. An election is a natural period for civic debate and nobody should be limited in this.”
Because of this, the OAS Secretary General urges “political actors and society in general to propitiate an environment of calmness to allow institutions to conduct their work, and trust that they will act in accordance with existing laws.”
Similarly, he made a call “to everyone, be they members of the opposition or the government, or supporters of any candidate, to cease from affecting or threatening in any way the work of the State’s and the Government’s institutions.”
Finally, Secretary General Insulza asserted that “respect for the decisions adopted and the legitimate action of the democratic government will strengthen the democratic political process in Guatemala, affirming the elections as the principal way for citizens to express their preferences.”
The Organization of American States continues to support this process through its Electoral Observation Mission, placing all its efforts so the democratic process may take place in an environment of calmness and respect.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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