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.
FACT SHEET: Basic information on the 52nd OAS General Assembly in Lima, Peru
September 27, 2022
The 52nd OAS General Assembly will be held from October 5 to 7, 2022 at the Lima Convention Center (LCC), in Lima, Peru.
This will be the third time that the OAS General Assembly is held in Peru. The first time was in 1997 and the second time in 2010.
The General Assembly is the main organ of the OAS and is made up of the delegations of all the member states, generally headed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Each member state has the right to cast one vote. The decisions of the Assembly are usually adopted by majority, but in certain cases the rules require a two-thirds vote. The tradition of the OAS is to adopt resolutions by consensus.
The Assembly is in charge of defining the policies and mandates of the OAS, as well as the structure and functions of its organs.
The 52nd Assembly will be the eighth of Secretary General Luis Almagro administration.
The OAS General Assembly has met annually since 1971. Previously, meetings of this nature had varied intervals and were called International American Conferences.
Since 1971, General 22 countries have hosted the regular General Assembly.
The schedule of the General Assembly has 4 sessions divided between Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7.
During the Assembly, the member states will elect:
• Three members of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI)
• Two members of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (CEJA)
• A member of the Administrative Court (TRIBAD)
• A member of the Audit Committee
The draft calendar for the General Assembly can be here. The calendar is subject to change until it is approved by the General Assembly itself.
There will also be activities before and in parallel to the General Assembly:
Monday October 3:
I Hemispheric Meeting of Youth of the Americas of the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT).