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 MEMBER STATES HAIL INTER-AMERICAN MISSION TO HAITI AS A MAJOR SUCCESS
September 17, 2009
The OAS Permanent Council on Wednesday 16 September 2009, expressed satisfaction with the inter-American mission to Haiti which took place September 3-6, and praised the leadership of the Chairman of the Haiti Task Force and the Haiti group of Friends, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin; they also welcomed the collaborative efforts among the participating Inter-American institutions and expressed the hope that this cooperation will strengthen in the coming months.
As leader of the mission, Assistant Secretary General Ramdin presented a comprehensive report to the Permanent Council where he praised the government and people of Haiti for the country’s “stable political environment and for the efforts of the government to focus greater attention on social and economic development.” He added that “it is of critical importance to maintain this relative stable political and security environment and to use this momentum to attract capital investment, increase productivity and create jobs.”
In his report to the Member States of the OAS Permanent Council, Ambassador Ramdin spoke about the continued inter-American engagement in Haiti, and highlighted the success of projects supported, financed and executed by the inter-American institutions in Haiti. He also expressed the hope that “the visit of this mission and productive meetings held with Haitian government officials will serve to stimulate greater coordination among those institutions and Haiti to better respond to the needs and priorities defined by Haitian authorities.”
OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, acknowledged that “obstacles still remain in Haiti, especially at the constitutional level, but it is necessary to continue to reinforce security.”
Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health organization (PAHO), who also took part in the mission, addressed the Permanent Council meeting and reported that one of the many achievements in Haiti was in the area of health. Dr. Roses said that “although Haiti holds the highest level of maternal mortality, today there is a 66% increase in the number of women seeking prenatal and postnatal care, indicating that 200% more births are now being assisted by the health professionals.”
Ambassador Duly Brutus, Permanent Representative of Haiti to the OAS thanked the hemispheric community for their efforts in Haiti and expressed the hope that the solidarity, financial and technical assistance with Haiti will continue, as the current Government is making efforts to develop the economy.
This first Inter-American Mission to Haiti was comprised of 25 representatives from inter-American institutions, member states and the media.