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.
Statement of the OAS Secretary General on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 25, 2010
The Organization of American States (OAS) and I as its Secretary General join today's commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, renewing our commitment to maintain and develop our efforts and work until we achieve the elimination of this scourge in all its forms. As such, the OAS urges its Member States, civil society participants, business leaders, academics, and societies across the hemisphere to continue supporting this fight for rights and equality between men and women.
The systematic violence of which women and girls are the objects in the countries of the Americas is a factor that threatens human rights, peace and democratic governance in the region. The rise in the deaths of women as a result of organized crime and by those in their family circles is an indicator that machismo and gender inequality place their lives at constant risk, and place obstacles to the construction of peaceful societies.
Today, on the 50th anniversary of the brutal murder of the Mirabal sisters by the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, the world remembers their courage in the fight for freedom, social justice and the right of women to lead lives free of violence. It was this event in particular that led the United Nations to establish November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The OAS celebrates the Inter-American Year of Women under the banner, "Women and Power: For a World with Equality." It also commemorates 15 years since the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, known as the Convention of Belém do Pará, entered into force, and 15 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, as well as 10 years since the adoption of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality. These are all instances in which we have been able to reflect on the need to end the threat of violence against women.
Since the Convention of Belém do Pará entered into force, laws and policies, as well as norms and procedures, have been enacted at the national level. Nevertheless, we still cannot say that the incidence of violence has decreased. The gap that still exists between the adoption of these laws and their rigorous implementation threatens women's security and development. Eliminating this gap is a fundamental priority of the Organization of American States and its Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), and our efforts are directed towards that objective.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.