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 Presents Report on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
March 18, 2019
The Organization of American States (OAS) will present the report "Implementation of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the framework of the PIDS" on Tuesday, March 19 at 14:30 EDT (18:30 GMT) in the Rubén Darío Room of the General Secretariat of the OAS located at 1889 F St, NW, Washington, DC.
The document, prepared by the OAS Department of Sustainable Development, describes the situation surrounding the human right to water and sanitation considering the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The book studies the cases of Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic to analyze the implementation of the human right to water and sanitation.
The main speakers at the launch will be the President of the Departmental Assembly of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, Yessica Vallejo, and the Director of Catholic University of Mexico La Piedad Campus, Alejandra Salinas Bravo.
The Inter-American Program for Sustainable Development constitutes the most important strategic platform in the Americas for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda.