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 of the OAS Secretary General on the Situation in Nicaragua
May 31, 2018
Yesterday, Nicaragua experienced another tragic day, of repression, violence and death. We condemn the killings carried out by the repressive forces and the armed forces and we express our solidarity with the families of the victims. We call on the State to stop the violence by these repressive factors.
Only truth, justice and non-repetition can restore Nicaragua. Only justice, through the identification of the most senior people responsible for these events will stop the violence.
That is why we are carrying out the negotiations to create an Independent Experts Group to investigate these cases. That task must begin as soon as possible.
The pain we feel with each killing has redoubled our efforts to achieve justice.
This has been our commitment since the first victims that were killed in demonstrations in Nicaragua.
We will never have double standards nor anything to hide. We know, on the other hand, that the campaign of lies about our positions will continue.
It is obvious that those who lie, do so because their truth is worth even less than their lies. We know that we have often been alone on this path.
The only political path forward for Nicaragua is democratic, through free, transparent, fair elections that represent the will of the people. That is the only solution for the people of Nicaragua.
We are working on precisely that, the implementation of the recommendations of the last Electoral Accompaniment Mission, whose conclusions to clean up the Nicaraguan electoral system were clear. We have also been alone in this effort, trusting in our political and technical capacities.
The OAS has been, and remains, very active in Nicaragua:
First: the OAS sent the Mission that observed the municipal elections of 2017, and put into practice a process of implementation of the recommendations to clean up the electoral process.
Second: the OAS negotiated the visit of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to observe the critical situation of human rights in the country.
Third: the OAS negotiated the agreement to implement an independent group of experts to bring justice to the killings of protestors.
Fourth: The OAS urgent work underway in the country in favor of democratic institutions.
All of this work will continue, based on the same objectives and the principles of democracy and human rights.