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.
During a protocolary session of the Permanent Council, chaired by Ambassador Marina Valere of Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, recalled the 514th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas and noted the holiday’s importance to Spain.
The encounter of the two worlds, he said, is unquestionably “Spain’s greatest contribution to world history and culture” and a testimony to that country’s commitment to maintaining and strengthening a special relationship with the Americas. Meanwhile, Spain’s Permanent Observer to the OAS, Ambassador Juan Manuel Romero de Terreros Castilla, said his government plans to significantly increase its contributions to OAS programs this year.
In his remarks to representatives of OAS member and observer countries, Secretary General Insulza said that while it was generally acknowledged that the Americas reflect much of the Spanish culture, Spain’s character and culture also bear the undeniable hallmarks of those five centuries. “Spain’s presence in the Americas enriches us, uplifts us and supports us in our quest to develop this hemisphere,” Insulza added.
Speaking on behalf of the member state delegations, the Permanent Council Chair noted that the encounter of the two worlds, in 1492, “brought with it its challenges and its high points.” She observed as well the hemisphere’s unique dynamism resulting from that fusion of peoples and cultures over the ensuing centuries.
Ambassador Terreros reiterated Spain’s strategic interest in the OAS and its member states. He cited his country’s support for the region in such areas as the peace process in Colombia and the strengthening of institutions in Haiti, and announced a donors conference for Haiti, to be held in Madrid November 29 and 30.
The Permanent Observer also spoke about the Spanish Fund for the OAS as a “novel and significant commitment” through which Spain will channel its contributions to the inter-American organization. “This year alone,” said the Spanish diplomat, “my country’s contributions to the OAS will be well above its total donations for the previous five years.” He also noted the initiative for an Ibero-American Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., , on the premises of the former residence of Spain’s Ambassador to the United States.
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