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.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL RAMDIN HOLDS TALKS WITH UNITED NATIONS
March 27, 2008
Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, on a recent working visit to the United NationsTexto que va a recibir el hyperlink in New York, received assurances of the world body’s support for OAS efforts to reduce tensions and promote rapprochement between Colombia and Ecuador. OAS programs for Haiti and Guyana also featured prominently on the agenda of the visit.
The OAS Assistant Secretary General was at the UN headquarters to meet with top officials, as part of ongoing cooperation between the General Secretariats of the two organizations.
Besides the developments in the situation between Colombia and Ecuador, discussions focused on the situation in Haiti and on the need to deliver greater peace dividends and sustainable progress on the political and security fronts.
Ambassador Ramdin briefed the United Nations officials on OAS activities in Guyana and emphasized the ongoing process to improve understanding and dialogue among national stakeholders. He also discussed the overall political and socio-economic condition of the hemisphere, as well as ways to deepen the cooperation between the OAS and the UN Secretariats.
During the meetings, March 24-25, Ambassador Ramdin met with Ambassador Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary General and head of the Department for Peace Keeping Operations; Angela Kayne, Assistant Secretary General and head of the Department of Political Affairs; and Guido Bertucci, head of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The Assistant Secretary General, who was accompanied by his advisor Jean Ricot Dormeus, also held working meetings with the UN General Secretariat Groups on Guyana and Haiti.