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 Official Says Disaster Reduction Strategies Must Be a Priority in the Americas
March 17, 2011
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, says the increase in the number and intensity of natural disasters taking place around the world should cause governments of the Americas to expedite disaster risk reduction strategies.
Speaking at the second session of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, this week, the OAS official said, “We cannot ignore or avoid the natural disasters happening everywhere. We can, and indeed we must, prepare for these events to the best of our abilities.”
According to Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, politicians and legislators in the Americas must acknowledge the risk to peace, stability, prosperity, security and ultimately to democracy, if they are unable to adopt and enforce risk reduction strategies, to deal with natural disasters. “Political will and commitment at the highest level is critical on this issue. Experiences of the recent past have demonstrated that if we are prepared it is possible to mitigate effectively the impact of natural hazards. Let us learn from all the expensive and painful lessons and act with vigilance and resilience, not with complacency,” said Ramdin.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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