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.
Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Carrión Mena, declaring in an address to the Organization of American States (OAS) that poverty, inequity in income distribution, social exclusion and external debt burden “are, unquestionably, the greatest challenges facing the region,” called for a development strategy that places greater priority on those issues.
“The best contribution the Americas could make to hemispheric and international security—in addition to a multilateral focus on international relations—is to promote social and economic development for our citizens on the basis of social justice,” the Foreign Minister today told a special session of the Permanent Council, chaired by Venezuela’s Ambassador, Jorge Valero. Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin were among top OAS officials on hand to welcome the Ecuadorian dignitary.
In his address, Foreign Minister Carrion Mena noted that, as a system of government and legitimate power, democracy is the most effective vehicle for social justice, legal protections, the rule of law, respect for human rights, and social and economic rights for all citizens. He added that when citizens are able to freely elect their leaders—who rule with integrity, faithfully represent the interests of the majority of the population and institute policies to spur development, job-creation, health, education and wellbeing—“our societies will be more safe and secure and more socially integrated.” He also underscored the vital connection between social and economic justice and security.
Carrión Mena expressed his government’s appreciation for OAS support on a number of initiatives over the years, including mine-clearing on the border with Peru, and in electoral matters. He announced that in due course the government would formally request an OAS electoral observation mission for the October elections to vote for a President and Vice President as well as members of congress.
Restating Ecuador’s commitment to “a truly representative democracy,” the Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of full respect for and guarantees of human rights, stressing that “Ecuador never applied mass human rights violations policies, and was one of the first countries to adopt a national human rights plan.”
The Ecuadorian Foreign Minister also thanked the member state representatives for their support and, reaffirming his government’s support for the OAS agenda, emphasized its commitment to continued active participation in the hemispheric organization.