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.
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION MEETS WITH UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE
June 5, 2003
The OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Eduardo Bertoni, met with a representative of an official UNESCO mission.
The objective of the meeting was to strengthen the existing links between the Office of the Special Rapporteur and UNESCO. The Special Rapporteur and the UNESCO representative discussed proposals for future collaborative projects that would further the mandates and common objectives of both agencies.
Among the issues considered to be priorities by both agencies are legislation related to communications media in the region and legislation on access to public information. Concern was expressed that legislation regulating communications media is used in some countries to limit diversity in the media or to restrict the dissemination of certain expressions. It was also noted that many countries in the region still lack legislation that allows the public broad access to information in the hands of the government, and that where such legislation exists, it may be interpreted restrictively in order to prevent public access to some information.
Finally, the Special Rapporteur and the UNESCO representative discussed their shared concern regarding the recent deterioration of respect for the right to freedom of expression in some States in the region.
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
June 5, 2003
Washington, D.C.