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.
Meeting of Secretary General Insulza and Secretary of State Clinton
February 27, 2010
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met Friday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at State Department headquarters in Washington, DC.
During the meeting, held the day before the Secretary of State's trip to various Latin American countries, the main subjects of the hemispheric agenda were reviewed, among them those relative to democracy, Human Rights, social protection and public security.
Secretary of State Clinton and Secretary General Insulza also covered subjects involving the process of democratic normalization in Honduras and the reinforcement of assistance in the reconstruction of Haiti. As a result of their conversation they agreed to continue to work together on these issues key to the Hemisphere.
Secretary General Insulza also informed Secretary of State Clinton about different aspects of the workings of the OAS, including political aspects and others related to the administrative and financial workings of the Organization.
At the conclusion of their meeting, Secretary General Insulza said: "We've had a very satisfactory meeting, in which I think we covered the main problems affecting the region. I hope Secretary of State Clinton's trip will help to strengthen dialogue between the United States and Latin America."
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