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.
Peru Assumes the Chair of the OAS Council for Integral Development
January 27, 2023
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The Permanent Representative of Peru, Harold Forsyth, today assumed the Chair of the Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organization of American States (OAS), during a virtual ceremony.
Ambassador Forsyth highlighted CIDI's work plan aimed at protecting the hemisphere's natural resources. "With the support of the Executive Secretariat of the Council under the leadership of Kim Osborne, we have agreed that our meetings will focus on sustainable development with an emphasis on climate change," added the Peruvian diplomat.
For her part, the Permanent Representative of Grenada and outgoing Chair of CIDI, Yolande Smith, thanked the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, for the support of the General Secretariat for the work of CIDI. “I urge you to continue to prioritize the issues of development, so we can realize the goals of the organization. Development is a core purpose of the OAS, and the development agenda is a critical to the well-being of our people,” added Ambassador Smith.