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 Drug Commission to Analyze Progress in Regional Cooperation
April 21, 2017
The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will discuss drug policies at the global, regional and local levels during its sixty-first session from April 24 to 26, at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, DC.
The event will be inaugurated on Monday, April 24 at 9:00 am EDT (13:00 GMT) by OAS Assistant Secretary General Nestor Mendez; the Permanent Representative of The Bahamasto the OAS, Elliston Rahming, whose country holds the Chair Pro-tempore of CICAD; the OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Claudia Paz y Paz; and the Executive Secretary of the CICAD, Adam Namm.
On Monday, April 24, at 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT) the representatives of member states will hear concerns and answer questions from civil society organizations.
The CICAD semi-annual meeting will discuss the regional implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations Special General Assembly on the World Drug Problem, UNGASS 2016. In addition, there will be a debate on the public health impacts of the opioids crisis; specialized intelligence training to address the drug problem in the Hemisphere; early warning systems; and the transformation of national drug policies into local policies.
Please consult the agenda of the meeting here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meetings.
The meeting with civil society will be broadcast live on the OAS Website