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.
CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTER PROPOSES ADOPTION OF SANTIAGO DECLARATION ON DEMOCRACY AND CITIZEN CONFIDENCE
June 9, 2003
Chile’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Soledad Alvear, announced today that her country would propose the adoption of a “Santiago Declaration on Democracy and Citizen Confidence: A New Commitment to Governance for the Americas.”
The Chilean Minister made the announcement just after being elected by acclamation as Chair of the thirty-third regular session of the Organization of American States’ (OAS) General Assembly, which President Ricardo Lagos inaugurated Sunday evening along with OAS Secretary General César Gaviria.
Describing the OAS as a special forum for OAS member states to build strategies to enhance democratic governance, Minister Alvear explained that the Declaration in question would seek to "establish an OAS cooperation focal point for programs to help member states enhance governance.”
She also suggested the preparation of a “Democratic Governance Report” with specific suggestions to help promote state modernization and judicial reform; encourage full citizen participation in the political system; and give political parties a stronger role in mediating demands from the citizenry in a representative democracy.
Alvear said that report would be the basis for a “Democratic Governance Program” to organize priorities and interrelationship of political, social and economic challenges while helping prepare for next hemispheric summit and help governments, which are responsible for improving the quality of democracy.”
The OAS General Assembly President declared: “We have entered a new era, which calls for renewed commitment to this political system. To that end, the democratic governance agenda must recommend avenues for cooperation to encourage inclusion and efficient management.”
During today’s first plenary session, the Foreign Ministers and other heads of delegation are scheduled to make presentations on the topic, “Democratic Governance in the Americas.”
The General Committee also commenced its work under the chairmanship of Guyana’s Ambassador to the OAS, Odeen Ishmael, who was elected by acclamation. Ambassador Ishmael is also the current Chairman of the OAS Permanent Council.
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