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 Secretary General Meets with Colombian Foreign Minister
January 15, 2013
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, María Ángela Holguín, to discuss issues on the regional agenda, including advances in the preparation of the report on the drug problem in the Americas, the dialogue on the peace process in Colombia, and the holding of the next Seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama.
During the meeting, Foreign Minister Holguín thanked the OAS for the support it has provided in the areas of security, human rights and democracy in the region.
For his part, Secretary General Insulza spoke about the progress made in strengthening the Inter-American Human Rights System, a process currently being discussed by the OAS Permanent Council.
During her visit to the OAS headquarters in Washington DC, the Colombian diplomat participated in the ceremony to mark the transfer of the chair of the Summits of the Americas process to Panama, which will host the meeting in 2015. In 2012, the Colombian city of Cartagena hosted the event, which brings together the heads of state and government of the hemisphere.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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