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.
OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS; DISCUSSES UPCOMING GENERAL ASSEMBLY
May 27, 2009
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, met with U.S. Representatives Donald Payne (D-NJ) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY) in individual meetings to continue conversations initially held at the recent Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago and discuss the upcoming 2009 OAS General Assembly to be held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras in early June.
During the meetings, Ambassador Ramdin expressed his appreciation to Representatives Payne and Clarke for their active support of the OAS. “This is a very crucial time for the hemisphere. So many issues are coming to the fore including the economic crisis, cross-border security, climate change, and others,” Ambassador Ramdin remarked. “Now more than ever, we need to keep open the channels of dialogue so we can develop integrated approaches to solve our collective problems.”
Ambassador Ramdin explained that the upcoming OAS General Assembly will focus on a variety of issues including the global economic crisis and its impact on smaller, more vulnerable national economies like those in Central America and the Caribbean. He also mentioned the OAS’s plans to help Haiti maintain its recent democratic gains, noting that the Organization would be leading a consolidated effort with several other entities from the inter-American community. The Assistant Secretary General also discussed the increasingly visible issue of Cuba and its relationship with the OAS. He stated that it was likely to be discussed during the General Assembly.
During their respective meetings, both Representatives Payne and Clarke agreed that the region was becoming more integrated and that the OAS would be a crucial instrument to address a wide variety of issues. Congressman Payne agreed that increased attention to Haiti would improve its chances of a stable transition next year when President Preval completes his term. Congresswoman Clarke expressed her interest in working closer with the OAS on issues related to cross-border security and offered to continue discussions on issues related to drug trafficking and arms smuggling, among other concerns. All parties agreed to follow up with each other following the outcome of the General Assembly.
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