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.
Venezuelan activist, actress and model Patricia Velásquez was designated today the Organization of American States (OAS) Goodwill Ambassador for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas during a ceremony at the headquarters of the hemispheric institution in Washington, DC.
Velásquez, who is descended on her mother´s side from the Wayúu Taya people, said she will fight for the rights of all indigenous peoples. “It is an honor to echo the call by all the indigenous communities of the Americas, I assume this commitment with great responsibility. It is not only for my Wayúu people, but also the Quecha, Yanomami, Guaraní, Aymara, Secoyas and many others, we are all cousins,” said Velásquez.
For his part, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, indicated that with the new appointment the OAS takes a step further in promoting its theme of "more rights for more people." "I am proud that the OAS can count on the support of a faithful defender of the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas to help us in the effort to foster understanding and promote their inclusion," he added.
Patricia Velásquez is the President of the Wayúu Taya Foundation, a non-profit organization that strives to improve the situation of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Facebook
Twitter
Facebook
Twitter