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.
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) decided last night that the meeting of the Working Group on Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons in San Salvador will take place from February 27 to March 1, and continued the debate on the Inter-American System of Human Rights (ISHR).
The resolution, adopted by consensus at the special meeting of the Permanent Council, expressly thanked the government of El Salvador for its offer to host the meeting on senior citizens.
At the same meeting, the Permanent Council continued the discussion on the Draft Report on Proposals for the Extraordinary General Assembly to be held on March 22, in the context of the process of reflection on the Functioning of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
The Extraordinary General Assembly on March 22 will conclude a process that began at the General Assembly of El Salvador, in June 2011, with the creation of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Council which presented its report of recommendations in January 2012. Subsequently, the General Assembly held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in June 2012, instructed the Permanent Council to complete its work in this area before the end of the first trimester of 2013. To meet the objective, the Council adopted a Work Plan in September 2012, which is currently in its third phase, entitled "Preparation of a report for the consideration of the General Assembly."
During the meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Venezuela, Jamaica, Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Costa Rica, the United States, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia, and a delegate of the IACHR. The Permanent Council will continue discussing the strengthening of the ISHR at a special meeting scheduled for Friday, February 15.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
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