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.
REFUGEE RIGHTS TO BE PROMOTED UNDER OAS-UNCHR AGREEEMENT
November 13, 2007
The Organization of American States (OAS) has signed an agreement with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to jointly promote the rights of refugees and raise awareness of the issue.
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza signed the agreement with Philippe Lavanchy, UNCHR Director for the Americas, during a ceremony held at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the inter-American organization. The agreement between the two institutions covers, among other elements, “the promotion of the continental ratification of the international instruments relating to refugees, reduction of statelessness and protection of stateless persons.” It also provides for the “adoption by States of national enactment mechanisms and safeguards in accordance with international and regional human rights standards.”
Underscoring the value of international cooperation on the issue of refugees, Secretary General Insulza said that through this agreement the two organizations have undertaken to cooperate much more to carry out joint projects to promote refugees’ rights and raise awareness on the issue, and in general on the question of the movement of persons from one country to another for economic reasons or because of political persecution.
Insulza spoke about current efforts to promote the international rights of refugees, and the signing of international agreements on the subject, noting, however, that not all signatory countries have ratified such agreements. The Secretary General said “the main question is to promote greater cooperation by Latin America, greater understanding and greater Latin American solidarity with the many refugees that still exist around the world,” who have been displaced by conflicts or other developments.
The UNCHR’s Lavanchy, meanwhile, spoke about the longstanding cooperation with the OAS and its various agencies engaged with refugee issues, noting how important this agreement is for his agency. Stressing the importance of “the support of an important organization such as the OAS,” the UNCHR Director said that beyond the existing cooperation with the OAS, this new agreement also seeks to advance efforts related to the Plan of Action of Mexico, signed in 2004 by more than 20 countries of the region.
Among other elements, the agreement provides for the “undertaking of joint comparative research studies on the situation of refugees, asylum seekers, returnees, stateless persons, internally displaced and other persons in need of protection in the Americas.”
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