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.
ITALY CONTRIBUTES FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS
June 26, 2007
The Organization of American States (OAS) will receive a contribution of some 246,419 Euros (approximately U.S. $330,000) from the Italian Government, to bolster its work in key issues of the hemispheric agenda.
The funds will be allocated towards the Comprehensive Mine Action Program in Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The donation will also help support the work of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in Colombia, promote and protect human rights in Central America, and finally, promote freedom of expression in the Americas.
Expressing gratitude for the “interest and support” provided by the government of Italy, William McDonough, Director of the OAS Office of Humanitarian Mine Action, said that “the current contributions recognize the importance of successfully concluding mature national programs like that of Nicaragua, and at the same time ensure the development of the more complex scenarios represented by Peru/Ecuador and Colombia.”
With regards to the work carried out by the Human Rights Commission in Colombia, this institution examines the initiatives for the demobilization of illegal armed groups as well as the applicable legal regime and mechanisms aimed at ensuring that the process unfolds in keeping with the State’s international obligations, among other duties.
During the recent General Assembly, held in Panama City, Panama, from June 3-5, Italian Ambassador Gerolamo Schiavoni, reiterated his government’s commitment and interest, as an OAS observer, to support the work of the Organization in the Americas with concrete actions. Italy has had permanent observer status at the OAS since 1972.