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.
OAS HAILS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION
October 8, 2008
Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin today reaffirmed the commitment of the Organization of American States to supporting its member countries’ efforts to reduce the impact of natural disasters, appealing to the hemisphere’s citizens to educate themselves on how to respond to hurricanes and other natural hazards, and to take part in the awareness exercises.
Underscoring the importance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction being observed today, Ambassador Ramdin urged individuals to also be alert when information is being provided, “but most importantly, to make the effort to make the right choices in terms of where to build and where not to build.” He also made a pitch for observing the building codes so that roofs and other parts of buildings can sustain hurricane winds and other forces, thus mitigating damage as much as possible and making recovery much easier. “I hope that the people will not underestimate the impact of hurricanes.”
Only by working structurally on risk mitigation mechanisms and educating the people can we limit the impact of these natural hazards on the economies of the Americas, said Assistant Secretary General Ramdin. “It becomes even more critical to do this in the context of the other difficulties the region is already facing in terms of the food crisis, environmental crisis, energy problems, on top of the possibility of a financial problem across the Americas,” he added.
“We certainly want to remember today all the efforts the OAS and Member States are making in terms of mitigating and reducing the risk of hurricanes and natural disasters in general,” said Ambassador Ramdin, recalling natural disaster reduction as a longstanding OAS priority. He said it becomes all the more urgent given what is happening to smaller economies in the Caribbean, Central America, South America and North America, with the impact of climate change and what it means for the people; the impact of hurricanes and floods on peoples lives, countries, economic prospects.
“It is a day when member countries can take the opportunity to reflect on what is in place in terms of disaster mitigation mechanisms, as they look forward and see what needs to be done,” the OAS Assistant Secretary General remarked about the International Day for Disaster Reduction. He noted in that sense the huge difficulties facing Haiti after four hurricanes in a short period of time, and cited severe hurricane damage to Jamaica, The Bahamas, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
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