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 Permanent Council Commemorates 70th Anniversary of Declarations of Human Rights
December 4, 2018
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The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today commemorated the seventieth anniversaries of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at a special session during which member states highlighted the importance of human rights for human dignity, democracy, freedom and equality.
The President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Margarette Macaulay, said “the very nature of human rights, which are universal, equal and inherent for all human beings, are also irrevocable, nontransferable and inalienable.” She urged OAS member states to “redouble the commitment to protect and defend human rights so as to guarantee that every human person in our hemisphere can live free in equal dignity and rights as indicated in the preamble of the Declaration.”
For his part, the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Nestor Mendez, referred to some of the challenges of human rights in the region and emphasized the support of the OAS General Secretariat for the full autonomy and independence of the IACHR. He added that “the advancements made in the protection of human rights in the region must be applauded” and a highlighted that “these efforts have helped to improve the lives of millions of people in the hemisphere and notwithstanding the persistent challenges, it is hoped that our region continues along this path of human rights for all. We owe it to our people.”
The American Declaration was adopted in 1948. Its origin dates back to the Inter-American Conference on the Problems of War and Peace held in Mexico City in 1945, where the countries of the region supported the idea of establishing an international system to protect human rights.
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