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.
The following page describes actions taken during the past months regarding multilateral treaties:
On March 5, 2024, Qatar
deposited the
instrument of accession of the “Inter-American
Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad”, at the OAS
headquarters, in Washington, D.C., United States. The
instrument contains the following declaration and
reservation:
Declaration: The State of Qatar declares that the approval of
the transfer of the sentenced individual is conditional on
the payment of fines and damages issued by a court ruling.
Reservation: The State of Qatar does not deem itself obliged to
the regulations of item (9) of Article V of the Convention
pertaining to being responsible for the expense of the
transfer of the sentence persons from the State of
Qatar, unless otherwise stipulated by the Qatari laws.
On November 19, 2023, the
denunciation submitted by Nicaragua on
November 2021 to the OAS Charter entered into effect and
Nicaragua ceased to be a State Party to the OAS Charter.
On November 8, 2023, the Permanent
Mission of El Salvador deposited the
instrument of accession of the “Revised Constitutive
Agreement of the Mundo Maya Organization” at the OAS
headquarters, in Washington, D.C. United States.
On July 26, 2023 the General Secretariat
acknowledged receipt of a note by the Government of
Uruguay, notifying the depositary about the
withdrawal of the reservation to article 6 of the
"Inter-American Convention on General Rules of Private
International Law," adopted in Montevideo, Uruguay on April
8, 1979.
On May 8, 2023, Suriname
deposited the
instrument of accession to the Inter-American Convention
on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons, at the OAS
headquarters, in Washington, D.C. United States. The instrument contains a reservation.
On March 28, 2023, the
Permanent Mission of Mexico deposited the
instrument of accession
of the Inter-American Convention on Protecting
the Human Rights of Older Persons, at the OAS
headquarters, in Washington, D.C. United States.
On January 5, 2023,
Ukraine deposited the
instrument of accession of the Convention on
Extradition of 1933. The instrument contains
declarations and reservations as well as the
reference to the central authorities for the
purpose of the Convention.
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