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 Receives Minister of Defense of Canada
June 18, 2013
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Canadian Minister of National Defense, Peter MacKay, met today at the headquarters of the hemispheric organization to analyze regional issues and strengthen cooperation in areas of security and defense covered by the OAS.
At the meeting, the Secretary General Insulza summarized the progress made during the recent OAS General Assembly held in Antigua Guatemala, and shared with Minister MacKay the main topics of the hemispheric meeting. He also discussed the potential for cooperation between Canada and other countries of the region on issues such as trade, security, control of trafficking in persons and business promotion.
Minister MacKay, for his part, invited Secretary General Insulza to participate in the Halifax International Security Forum, which will bring together from November 22 to 24, the highest military and academic authorities in the field of security and defense from Canada and the world.
The Canadian Minister is attending the meeting of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) in Washington, DC. During the conversation, the two authorities agreed to highlight the role and relevance of the IADB and the need to move to a more precise definition of its relationship with the OAS.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org
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