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 the Director of PAHO
July 29, 2013
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today met with the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, at the headquarters of the hemispheric institution in Washington, DC.
Secretary General Insulza and Director Etienne discussed the drug situation in the Americas, and the perspectives for treating the issue as a question of public health. The "Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas," prepared by the OAS under the leadership of Secretary General Insulza; and the PAHO report entitled "Drug policy and the Public Good" were the subject of discussion between the two authorities, who agreed to deepen their joint work in this area. PAHO plays a prominent role in the Hemispheric Plan of Action 2011 of the OAS Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD).
The OAS Secretary for External Relations, Alfonso Quiñonez; the Executive Secretary of CICAD, Paul Simons; and the PAHO Director of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Carlos Santos Burgoa all took part in the meeting.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.