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 SECRETARY GENERAL EXPRESSES SORROW OVER DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
April 2, 2005
The Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luigi R. Einaudi , said today that the passing of Pope John Paul II represents a loss not only to Roman Catholics, but to all those who value peace, freedom and human dignity.
“This is a day of mourning for all the OAS member states, many of which have had the honor of receiving the pontiff during one of his many visits abroad,” Einaudi said. “More than any other pope before him, John Paul II made it his mission to be the personable face of the Church around the world.”
Einaudi noted that the Holy See has been a permanent observer of the OAS since 1978, and the following year – on October 6, 1979 – Pope John Paul II visited OAS headquarters in Washington. The pontiff spoke to the OAS Permanent Council in a special protocolary session, held in the Hall of the Americas, then addressed thousands of people gathered outside in the Aztec Garden, speaking in Spanish for the benefit of those of Latin American origin.
“Throughout his long life and distinguished papacy, John Paul II enriched the lives of people of all faiths,” Einaudi said. “The world has lost a great statesman and man of peace.”