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.
Model of OAS Permanent Council Celebrates Anniversary of Inter-American Democratic Charter
August 2, 2011
The tenth Model Permanent Council (MOAS/PC) for interns at the Organization of American States (OAS) concluded today after two days of simulation exercises in which participants represent each of the Member States of the Organization, and they negotiate and approve resolutions on the main issues on the inter-American agenda. On this occasion, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IADC), they approved a resolution titled, “Challenges to Democratic Governance.”
Participants in this year’s program, held at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, included 72 interns from the Americas, six from Europe, and one from Korea. Among them stood out Melissa Bryant, Secretary General of the MOAS/PC; Adrián Calcaneo, Chairman; Valentina Socias and Marcela Rivas, rapporteurs; and Aryanne Besner Quintal and Jazmin Chi, public information officers.
The Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Albert Ramdin, congratulated the interns on their participation and emphasized the need for youth to have a sense of responsibility. Ambassador Ramdin also expressed his hope that interns will become examples to their peers and will be ambassadors of the OAS and the IADC in their countries of origin.
The Chair of the Permanent Council and Representative of Guatemala to the OAS, Jorge Skinner-Klee, described the dialogues being currently held in the Permanent Council on the effectiveness of the implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, in response to the mandates received from the OAS General Assembly. Ambassador Skinner-Klee also recalled that the Council will present in September a report on the implementation of the document on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.
The Director of the OAS Department of International Affairs, Irene Klinger, who is responsible for the MOAS Program, explained to participants that “the peoples of the Americas have the right to democracy and their governments have the obligation to promote and defend it,” referring to the text of the IADC.
The MOAS Program is designed to promote democratic values among youth of the hemisphere and complement the experience of interns at the OAS. This program is also offered to high school students and will be held from November 30 to December 3, 2011, at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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