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.
BIDDING FAREWELL, COSTA RICA'S AMBASSADOR LAUDS
OAS COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY
July 11, 2002
Ambassador Hernán R. Castro on Thursday wrapped up his duties as Costa Rica's Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, lauding the Organization's commitment to democratic systems and respect for fundamental freedoms.
In his final address to the Permanent Council, the Ambassador noted how Costa Rica's foreign policy is based on the promotion and observance of democratic principles, human rights defense and strengthening peace. "The OAS is a natural forum in which to engage an international policy that benefits human beings while serving the well-being of people, precisely on the basis of these three fundamental values," he declared.
Reviewing his four years at the OAS, Ambassador Castro noted Costa Rica's visionary initiatives to strengthen the inter-American human rights system, adding, "We have seen our initiative for an Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities take shape."
He said the OAS "allows us to witness and participate in the various debates on political crises or threats to democracy in sister nations," and praised the Secretary General and the Assistant Secretary General for "their important efforts to help diffuse conflicts and tensions through a promising course of action."
The Permanent Council's Chairman, U.S. Ambassador Roger Noriega, joined Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi and member state Ambassadors in lauding Ambassador Castro's contribution to the inter-American agenda.
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