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.
Guatemala Joins OAS Project to Promote Firearms Marking
June 23, 2011
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Guatemala this week signed a cooperation agreement in Guatemala City to implement the project, “Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The agreement was signed by the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Haroldo Rodas. Also present at the signing ceremony were the OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Adam Blackwell; the Director of the OAS Department of Public Security, Adriana Mejía; and the Ambassador of the United States to the Organization, Carmen Lomellin.
The agreement was signed in the framework of the activities to implement the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA), and its objective is to strengthen national capabilities in this field and provide countries with firearms marking equipment and basic training for its use.
The agreement, signed during the Summit on Security in Central America hosted by Guatemala, is based on the conviction that firearms marking contributes to fight the illicit trafficking in firearms since it allows a country’s authorities to identify confiscated weapons and determine their origin.
Other countries that have signed the agreement with the OAS to date are: El Salvador, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, and Belize.
The project relies on the financial support of the Government of the United States and is expected to benefit 30 countries of the region through the donation of firearms marking equipment—as well as a computer to facilitate the process of storing marking data—and the necessary training for its use.
A gallery of photos of the event will be available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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