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.
Lithuania today became the 64th Permanent Observer of the Organization of American States (OAS) when the Organization’s Permanent Council approved its request in a meeting of the council held at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Lithuania requested the condition of Permanent Observer through a letter sent October 29, 2009, to the Secretary General of the Organization and thus began a process that concluded today with its acceptance by the Permanent Council. With the inclusion of Lithuania, all countries of the European Union except for Malta are Permanent Observers of the OAS.
Lithuania is a parliamentary Republic situated in the Baltic Sea with a population of some 3 million that declared its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in March 1990. It is a member of the United Nations and its agencies, of the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Alliance of Civilizations to which belong Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
Lithuania already has diplomatic ties to 25 countries of the region, and is in the process of establishing ties with nine others. Also, it has embassies in Argentina, Canada and the United States and a General Consulate in Sao Paulo. Lithuania has bilateral treaties with Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The first Permanent Observer of Lithuania before the OAS is Ambassador Audrius Bruzga, who also is Ambassador before the United States and Concurrent Ambassador in Mexico.
“I’m deeply honored and proud to be able to address this distinguished council on behalf of my country,” Ambassador Bruzga said. “As you know the government of the Republic of Lithuania has decided to seek closer ties with the Organization of American States…. We in Lithuania see the Organization of American States as a unique forum for Pan American dialogue and cooperation. Its long and rich tradition of building consensus through dialogue and negotiation is inspiring.”
The status of Permanent Observer before the Organization of American States (OAS) was established in 1971 at the OAS General Assembly held in San Jose, Costa Rica. Permanent Observers participate in the activities of the Organization and contribute to its programs.
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