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 Mexico to Cooperate to Protect Consumers´ Rights in the Americas
May 2, 2018
Photo: OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Federal Attorney´s Office for Consumer Protection of Mexico (PROFECO) today agreed to strengthen the Inter-American System of Rapid Alerts of the Consumer Safety and Health Network (CSHN) to protect the rights of consumers in the Americas, during a ceremony at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington DC.
Upon signing the document, the Federal Consumer Attorney of Mexico, Rogelio Cerda, said “with this agreement, we seek to guarantee the optimal use of consumers and inhibit harmful products, especially those that put health at risk.”
For his part, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, said that “in a world in which we are exposed to unsafe products that can cause health problems, we celebrate this agreement that aims to protect the rights of consumers.”
The OAS and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) created the CSHN, the only Inter-American mechanism for consumer protection. PROFECO currently occupies the chair of the CSHN.
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