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.
COSTA RICA'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO OAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
July 31, 2002
Ambassador Walter Niehaus Bonilla today presented credentials at the Organization of American States (OAS), as Costa Rica's new Permanent Representative.
Secretary General César Gaviria welcomed the Ambassador, noting his academic background and experience in international economic law. "Given his experience in democracy and firm commitment to international law and with Costa Rica's prominent role in the OAS, we are confident the Ambassador will make a very positive contribution," declared Gaviria.
The Secretary General went on to note that with the numerous challenges the Organization and the Hemisphere have to tackle, Ambassador Niehaus "will have an opportunity to contribute to the inter-American system, to make the OAS a really effective vehicle to tackle those challenges."
The Costa Rican diplomat has served as Minister of Tourism and Deputy Foreign Minister and has sat on the Board of Directors of the Center for Democracy. He was also a professor and scholar at the University of Costa Rica.
Niehaus Bonilla holds a bachelor's degree from the Autonomous University of Central America and a master's and doctorate in international trade law and international economic law, respectively, from Duke University School of Law, among other academic qualifications.
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