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.
SECRETARY GENERAL THANKS COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT FOR ITS SUPPORT OF OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA
May 25, 2007
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)(OAS), José Miguel Insulza, expressed his appreciation today for the Colombian government’s strong endorsement of the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia and, in particular, of its Chief of Mission, Sergio Caramagna.
In praising the OAS mission’s efforts in Colombia, Insulza noted the regional organization’s extremely difficult role in the peace process in that South American country and expressed his satisfaction over the work being done under Caramagna’s leadership.
In a letter to the Secretary General—which was read aloud during a meeting of the OAS Permanent Council by Colombian Ambassador Camilo Ospina—Colombia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fernando Araújo Perdomo, expressed his government’s “most energetic rejection” of a proposition approved by Colombia’s House of Representatives that called for Caramagna’s removal from his post. In his letter to the Secretary General, Araújo alluded to the many propositions that tend to be presented in Congress “for political reasons” and that do not carry the force of law.
The Foreign Minister noted that Caramagna has, on innumerable occasions, demonstrated “competence and discretion” in carrying out his duties during the more than three years he has led the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (known as MAPP for its acronym in Spanish). Later on the letter says, “The Government of Colombia therefore reiterates its firmest support for Mr. Sergio Caramagna and for his entire OAS/MAPP team for the invaluable work they undertake in support of peace efforts underway in Colombia. Their ongoing willingness to collaborate, their commitment to the cause of peace in the country and the extraordinary dedication with which they carry out the tasks they have been assigned merit the sincerest gratitude of the National Government and the Colombian people.”
Secretary General Insulza again recognized the efforts undertaken by Caramagna and his team in accompanying the demobilization process in Colombia and reiterated the intention of the OAS to continue supporting this effort that is so important for the future of that country. Insulza said he will respond to the letter received today from the Colombian Foreign Minister.
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