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 EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE
April 27, 2005
In a resolution adopted by consensus today, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States expressed its “full and decisive support for the constitutional government of Belize, led by Prime Minister Said W. Musa, and for the democratic institutions in Belize.”
The Ambassador of Belize, Lisa Shoman, detailed the political and social developments affecting her country and its constitutional government, including the interruption of electricity and telecommunication services, resulting in millions of dollars in economic losses to both the public and private sectors.
Following that presentation, the Council stressed its “categoric rejection” of any action that disrupts the democratic order, and condemned the use of violence and “any actions that threaten democracy, governance and the rule of law in Belize.” The Council’s resolution further reaffirmed, as essential elements of democracy, the principle of “the constitutional subordination of all state institutions to the legally constituted civilian authority” as well as respect for the constitution and the rule of law by all institutions and sectors of society.
Ambassador Shoman informed the Council that “there is a clear, serious and mounting threat to democracy in Belize.” She explained the unfolding of events since April 14, marked by protest against the government. “The protest has evolved into acts of public disorder and of sabotage directed at essential services in Belize, resulting in the interruption of international and local telecommunications, electricity and water”, said Shoman.
The resolution supported the call for a national dialogue in Belize to strengthen the democratic institutions and foster the economic and social development of the Belizean people. It called on all sectors of Belizean society to engage in that dialogue.
The coordinators for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Central American, and Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) groupings in the OAS, as well as other member state representatives, joined the Permanent Council’s Vice-Chair, Ambassador Rodolfo Gil of Argentina, in reiterating their full support for democratic order and for the rule of law to be upheld in Belize.