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.
Committee on the Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms Met at OAS
May 7, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) hosted this week the Fifteenth Meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Related Materials (CIFTA). Adopted in 1997, CIFTA is recognized as the region’s first legally binding instrument to combat firearms trafficking.
The meeting at OAS Headquarters in Washington, DC provided an opportunity for firearms experts from throughout the region to exchange information and experiences for preventing and combating firearms trafficking in such areas as import and export controls and firearms marking and tracing. Member states also adopted two examples of model legislation aimed at facilitating implementation of the CIFTA in the area of security measures and recordkeeping, with the purpose of strengthening cooperation and coordination in this critical area.
In the Americas, 35% of homicides are committed with firearms – twice the global average. Considering these and other data, the OAS and its leader, Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, are and have long been committed to the full ratification and implementation of CIFTA. “The illicit trafficking of firearms is one of organized crime’s main manifestations in the region,” said the OAS leader, and thus “we must focus our efforts on legislative reforms and specific measures to prevent and control arms trafficking, including broader cooperation at the national, regional and international levels.”
The CIFTA emphasizes the need for authorizations or licenses of export, imports and transit; and the reinforcement of control at points of exports, amongst other things. The Convention thus seeks to promote and facilitate the cooperation and exchange of information and experiences between States. The Convention established a Consultative Committee constituted by a representative for each State Party in order to guarantee its implementation, to promote the exchange of information, to facilitate cooperation and to foster training between States. To date, CIFTA has been ratified by 31 OAS member states. The OAS Department of Public Security serves as the CIFTA Technical Secretariat.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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