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 EXAMINES UNITED NATIONS REPORT ON GLOBAL SECURITY
December 10, 2004
The Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luigi R. Einaudi, today reaffirmed the need to strengthen ties between regional organizations and the United Nations (UN), as proposed in a recent UN report on strengthening global security.
Einaudi spoke during a special session of the OAS Permanent Council, held to consider the recent publication of the report entitled “A more secure world: Our shared responsibility,” prepared by the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. The group was created by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and made up of 16 individuals from around the world who were not representing their governments.
Einaudi welcomed the report’s proposal that the UN work closely with regional organizations and build on their experience in developing frameworks that contribute to conflict prevention. In cases such as the situation in Haiti today, “it is clear that much better, more developed forms of cooperation are needed,” Einaudi said.
Enrique Iglesias, President of the Inter.-American Development Bank (IDB) and a member of the High-level Panel, and Stephen Stedman, Research Director for the High-level Panel’s Secretariat, summarized the highlights of the recent report for the representatives of the 34 OAS member states.
Iglesias underscored the gravity of the six major global threats: poverty; wars between countries; international terrorism; weapons of mass destruction; and transnational organized crime. He said these threats need to be confronted by all the states, particularly the most powerful. “Twenty countries represent 90% of the world’s economy, and they should support the rest of the nations,” he said.
Stedman, for his part, reiterated the report’s conclusions on the need for an international strategy against terrorism, adding that nothing justifies the use of violence against innocent persons. He said the report recommends creating the post of a second UN Deputy Secretary General, who would be responsible for peace and security issues.
During the Permanent Council session, chaired by Ambassador Aristides Royo of Panama, the ambassadors of the member states exchanged ideas about the report and about the role of the OAS in hemispheric security issues.
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