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 ANTI-NARCOTICS AGENCY STUDYING AERIAL SPRAYING IN COLOMBIA
February 27, 2004
A team of scientists from the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) has embarked on a study in Colombia to determine how aerial spraying of illegal crops with the herbicide glyphosate affects human health and the environment.
“The expert international team will apply the utmost academic rigor in conducting this study,” noted David Beall, Executive Secretary of CICAD, a specialized agency of the Organization of American States(OAS). “Independent, impartial and scientific information is vital to policy-making in the war on illegal narcotics.”
The project stems from a Colombian government request for CICAD to do an independent evaluation of the effects of its aerial spraying program, used to eradicate illegal poppy and coca crops in various parts of the country.
Colombia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolina Barco, and CICAD’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Abrahám Stein, signed an agreement on February 5 to launch the study, which seeks to determine the impact of aerial spraying on people, flora and fauna, and the overall environment. The study will also look into the environmental impact of fungicides and herbicides used in growing the illegal crops.
“Ever mindful of the importance of cooperation in enhancing CICAD’s activities and projects throughout the Americas, the Colombian government is renewing its commitment to fight this scourge and fully supports the agency’s activities,” the Foreign Minister said after signing the agreement.
The CICAD evaluation team, comprised of scientists from Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom, made its first trip to Colombia February 15 to 19. Besides meeting with representatives of Colombian scientific institutions and senior government officials, the scientists visited the Cauca region to observe crop spraying firsthand.
This international team will devise, supervise and carry out the study, working along with a technical monitoring group that will do most of the field work. Once the one-year study is completed, the findings will be made public.
The project has an estimated budget of $1 million and is being funded through contributions from Great Britain, the United States, Colombia and the OAS.
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