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 and UNHCR Explore Alternatives to Strengthen Cooperation
May 5, 2011
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, with whom he discussed specific initiatives to strengthen the ties of cooperation between the two institutions in areas such as migration, protection of refugees, and property and identity rights.
During the meeting, which took place at Organization headquarters in Washington, DC, Secretary General Insulza reiterated his commitment to seek solutions to the migration phenomenon and asserted that at the OAS “we are working very actively, mainly with respect to civil registries and migrant rights, and we will continue to explore ways to collaborate within the framework of the hemispheric agenda.”
The High Commissioner of the United Nations recognized the important work the OAS has done on social issues, and advocated for the strengthening of cooperation on issues such statelessness and birth registration in the Member States, as well as for the ratification of international instruments and conventions for the protection of refugees.
The two authorities evaluated specific migration situations in the region and agreed on the importance of joining forces on other issues of regional interest. The director of UNHCR emphasized the issue of refugees persecuted by criminal groups as a new topic of interest in his institution. He also discussed intentions to promote a more active role by the UNHCR in natural disaster situations, an aspect also linked to property rights and human rights in general, and he praised the work of the OAS in this field.
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