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 NATIONS REFLECT ON HOW COLUMBUS CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY
October 12, 2005
The 513 years since Christopher Columbus first sailed to the Americas took the spotlight at the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday, during a special session at which reflections accentuated the importance of that history-changing voyage. Reflections also centered around the strong bonds between the countries of the hemisphere and Spain, whose Crown had sponsored the Columbus expedition that would give rise to the “encounter of two worlds.”
The OAS Permanent Council’s Chairman, Ambassador Izben Williams of St. Kitts and Nevis, presiding over the session specially convened to commemorate Columbus Day, stated that “the Columbian Exchange—the movement of peoples, cultures and ideas—which was initiated by his voyages, played an intrinsic role in the creation of the unique cultural identities of the different countries of the region and of the Old World.”
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, meanwhile, used data to demonstrate the dynamic relations between the Americas and Spain, arguing that such bonds were more than merely historical but involved vibrant commercial, political and cultural exchanges as well. The Secretary General went on to state: “Inspired by new concepts of equality, brotherhood and cooperation, we have forged institutions that are better attuned to the reality of our enormous cultural, ethnic, political, social and economic bonds.”
Insulza also cited democracy as a major challenge for the 21st century, and noted initiatives geared towards bringing about societies that are based on greater equity, participation, transparency, justice and security.
For his part, Spain’s Permanent Observer to the OAS, Ambassador Juan Manuel Romero de Terreros, said “Spain, which deeply believes in consolidating the principles we share with the nations of the Americas, will become more and more immersed in the work of the OAS from year to year.” He spoke about Spain’s cancellation of bilateral external debts to poor countries, a move that will benefit Nicaragua, Honduras and Bolivia, and mentioned a request by Belize for membership in the Ibero-American Community. He also announced that Spain was seeking to open an embassy in Port of Spain, the Trinidad and Tobago capital city.
Ahead of the protocolary session of the Permanent Council, member and observer state delegations joined with OAS Secretariat officials and others at a wreath-laying ceremony by the statue of Queen Isabel I of Castille, in front of the OAS headquarters building.
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