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.
Statement by OAS Secretary General on World Press Freedom Day
May 3, 2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, said today that freedom in the practice of journalism is a basic pillar of democracy, and called on governments and societies as a whole to respect that right in an effort to build more just and democratic societies.
The head of the OAS strongly condemned violence against journalists around the world, and interpreted attacks against them as an expression of shameful intolerance, contradictory to the principles of peace and freedom we all seek. He also expressed concern about the statistics indicating that, in recent years, press freedom has declined worldwide.
In this regard, he called on all social stakeholders, public and private, to assist in creating a climate of respect for freedom of information and acceptance of diversity and pluralism. "In a democracy, everything can be said with respect and with the awareness that others advocate a different thought, which is sometimes in opposition to another," said Insulza.
The Secretary General also referred to new forms of informative interaction created by modern communication technologies, and said that the space of freedom that they open must be looked after with full commitment and respect for others’ views.
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