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 UN Secretary General
April 10, 2015
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, in the framework of the Seventh Summit of the Americas, which begins today in Panama.
During the meeting, they discussed the current political developments in the Hemisphere and the cooperation between the two institutions, with special emphasis in the process of the full reintegration of Cuba to the Hemisphere's community of nations; the upcoming elections in Haiti; support for countries affected by natural disasters and the joint work towards peace in Central America and Colombia. They also reaffirmed their commitment to work together on the mandates that emerge from the Summit, on which both institutions will play a key role in implementation and follow-up.
Secretary General Ban praised the leadership of Secretary General Insulza in his ten year term at the head of the Organization, which concludes on May 25, and called it "a source of inspiration and support." The OAS leader, for his part, expressed his gratitude for "the close collaboration during these years with you and your team."
The meeting included the presence of the Secretary General-elect of the OAS, Luis Almagro; the Chief of Staff of the OAS Secretary General, Hugo de Zela; the Chief of Staff of the UN Secretary General, Susana Malcorra; the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the UN, Alicia Bárcena; the Secretary for External Relations of the OAS, Alfonso Quiñonez; the Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the UN, Jeffrey Feltman; and the Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme, Jessica Faieta.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.