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.
Farah Urrutia was appointed as the Secretary for Access to Rights and Equity of the OAS on September 24, 2020. She was previously appointed as the Secretary for Multidimensional Security of the OAS on July 16, 2018.
Born in Panama City, Panama, Ms. Urrutia came to the OAS following a distinguished career in public service in her country, including positions as Director of International Legal Affairs and Treaties and Acting Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Urrutia served as the Principal Representative of the Government of Panama to the Permanent Council of the OAS, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Her career also includes positions as Deputy Director of the Legal Office to the National Authority for Electricity, Water and Telecommunications (2010-2014), Senior Legal Advisor to the National Authority for Antitrust and Consumer Protection and, Consultant of the Strategic Plan for the Implementation of the Accusatory Criminal System (2010).
Ms. Urrutia has participated in various international bodies, including the International Criminal Court, the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purpose and the Annual Summit of the International Coalition Against the Islamic State (CJTF-OIR).
She was selected as one of Panama’s leaders for the Inter-American Development Bank’s initiative “Mujeres Líderes Emergentes del Sector Público BID-INCAE” (2017).
Ms Urrutia holds a Ph.D. in Law from the Carlos III University of Madrid. She is an Attorney. She was Professor of Antitrust Law and Consumer Protection at the Santa Maria La Antigua University (Panama) and Professor of Public Service Law at the Latin University (Panama).
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