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.
CHILE’S FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS OAS THAT DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNANCE HOLDS KEY TO REGION’S FUTURE
April 30, 2003
Chile’s Foreign Affairs Minister, María Soledad Alvear, told Organization of American States member country delegations today that democratic governance in the Americas, the focus of the Foreign Ministers’ dialogue at the upcoming thirty third OAS General Assembly scheduled for Santiago June 8 – 10, “holds the key to the future of our region.” She said “action by the OAS could certainly help advance this collective initiative.”
The Chilean official told the Permanent Council that the return to representative democracy during the 1980s and 1990s “was among the most significant gains for the peoples of the Americas,” which she suggested must be reaffirmed on an ongoing basis “if democracy is to become an important avenue for the citizens of the Americas, through institutional governance and political participation.”
Alvear cited the 1991 Santiago Commitment and the Inter-American Democratic Charter adopted in 2001 in Lima, Peru, as evidence that “this Organization has not been oblivious to the dynamics of a global system where governance is at the heart of stability in the effort to attain development and peace.”
The Chilean Minister however cited indifference by the elite, corruption, ineffective institutions and poverty as examples of “serious frustrations” that have caused disenchantment over policy and with respect to democracy itself. “Such developments are of great concern and as policy-makers we cannot afford to ignore them.”
She argued that “democracy and governance are complementary and interdependent concepts,” and said that a major challenge facing the Hemisphere is how to press ahead with formulating and implementing a democratic governance agenda for the Americas to serve as a guide to consolidate democracy, the rule of law and total respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The Chilean Foreign Minister called for increased access to a public service that is more open and responsible in combating corruption. “Our concern is now to create a more intelligent, open and just state where civil society and the private sector are better connected.”
Before addressing the Permanent Council members, Alvear helped inaugurate an exhibition, “Getting to Know Chile,” at the Hall of the Americas. The display, ahead of the OAS General Assembly in Chile next June 8 through 10, was mounted in collaboration with the Tourism Promotion Corporation of Chile.
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