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.
Statement of the OAS Secretary General on the Death of Professor Norman Girvan
April 13, 2014
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, issued the following statement on the passing of Professor Norman Girvan, former Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States:
“I wish to express my profound regret at the untimely passing of Dr. Norman Girvan, a unique and outstanding Caribbean intellectual and development economist, who was Professor Emeritus of The University of the West Indies (UWI) and second Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) from 2000 to 2004.
A Jamaican by birth, Norman honed his intellectual skills and capacity at the UWI/ Mona, where he was part of the well-known team of Girvan, Thomas and Best who, through their writings and advocacy, advocated a new paradigm for the development of the wider Caribbean region. As Secretary General of the ACS, he promoted the vision of a truly integrated Caribbean - one that encompassed all the English, Spanish, French and Dutch speaking countries of this multifaceted and dynamic region. He had remained resolute and devoted to the cause of integrating the Greater Caribbean.
Prof. Girvan will be remembered for his outstanding contribution not only to the region but also to development thinking in the Americas and other parts of the developing world. Jamaica and the Caribbean have lost an exemplary figure, renowned for his brilliance, humility, and dedication to social justice.
On behalf of the Organization of American States, I therefore extend my sincere condolences to the family and many friends of Norman Girvan. May his vision of greater Caribbean unity and integration continue to imbue the people of the region.”
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.