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 SECRETARY GENERAL CELEBRATES WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
June 5, 2009
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza joined today’s observance of World Environment Day. This important day coincides with the 37th anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm Conference on Human Environment, the first global manifestation of commitment by the OAS Member States and other countries of the world to protect human health and the health of the environment.
Mexico will host this commemoration of World Environment Day under the slogan, "Your Planet Needs You! Unite to Combat Climate Change," emphasizing the role of the hemisphere in the fight against climate change. This slogan represents an acknowledgement of the challenge posed by climate change and underscores the urgent need to continue working within the framework of the OAS in supporting the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.
The scientific evidence on the effects of climate change in our hemisphere is overwhelming. With each passing day more people struggle to access water and food and suffer the impacts of increasing natural disasters. These are just a few examples of the reasons that require firm action to ensure that human activity is more compatible with the environment, which after all is the source of goods and services that enable our survival on this planet.
“Dialogue and cooperation, as expressed by our Heads of State and Government at the V Summit of the Americas, are essential if we wish to effectively stabilize and reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere” said Insulza.
He also urged all OAS Member States to “consolidate efforts to combat climate change with solidarity through actions within and outside the organization to safeguard natural resources for present and future generations”.
Likewise, he encouraged the staff of the OAS to work assiduously towards the implementation of internal policies such as the Greening of the OAS and to continue working with and for our member states in their efforts to develop in a sustainable manner. “We hope that our efforts in this area will contribute to concrete actions toward a new treaty at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009” affirmed the Secretary General.
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