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.
CHILEAN INTERIOR MINISTER JOSÉ MIGUEL INSULZA
PRESENTS PROPOSALS FOR OAS FUTURE
February 1, 2005
José Miguel Insulza, Chile’s Minister of the Interior and a candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), said today that the OAS should focus its work on such shared principles as democracy, governance, the fundamental rights of citizens, integral development and multidimensional security.
During a special session of the OAS Permanent Council, Insulza underscored the importance of consolidating democracy in the region and said the OAS must be able to identify factors that weaken democracy and help to prevent and overcome crises.
“We must work together to validate fully the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, without hesitating to apply them, with justice and confidence, when it becomes necessary,” he said. The OAS should give particular emphasis to the creation and strengthening of democratic institutions that are solid, responsible and free of corruption, he added.
During the Permanent Council session – chaired by Ambassador Manuel María Cáceres of Paraguay, with Acting Secretary General Luigi R. Einaudi present – Insulza was accompanied by Chilean congressional leaders, including Senate President Hernán Larraín; House of Representatives President Gabriel Ascencio; and Senate Vice President Jaime Gazmuri.
The Chilean Minister called for greater coordination between the OAS, multilateral institutions, the private sector and the international community to face the region’s most pressing social development issues. He added that the upcoming Summit of the Americas, which will be held in November in Argentina, will provide an opportunity to advance cooperation in this area.
On the issue of multidimensional security, Insulza talked about the need to face such challenges as terrorism, drugs, gang violence, organized crime and AIDS. He also stressed the need for greater efforts to mitigate the effects of natural disasters, especially in the smaller, more vulnerable member states.
Insulza also emphasized the need to continue with the modernization of the OAS, including a review of its mandates and contributions from member states, to ensure an organization that is more effective, transparent and participatory.
To date, the other official candidates to head the General Secretariat are Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Luis Ernesto Derbez, and former Salvadoran President Francisco Flores. The next Secretary General will be elected by the member states at a date yet to be determined.
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