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.
Permanent Council Postpones OAS General Assembly until October 2020
May 13, 2020
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today approved - by consensus and in a virtual meeting - the postponement until October 2020 of its fiftieth regular session of the General Assembly in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The General Assembly is the most important annual meeting of the OAS and takes place in the middle of the year. Despite postponing the event, the Council installed the Preparatory Commission in order to come to agreement on the theme of the Assembly and other aspects related to the preparations for the meeting.
The Council also instructed the General Secretariat to present the OAS program-budget for 2021, as well as the tentative overall budget level for 2022, for consideration by the General Assembly.
Likewise, the Council instructed the General Secretariat to prepare a contingency plan in the event that it should prove necessary to hold the Assembly virtually, whether completely or partially. The exact date of the General Assembly will be decided by the Council at least 60 days before October.