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.
FACT SHEET: Basic information on the 47th OAS General Assembly in Mexico
June 16, 2017
The 47th General Assembly of the OAS will take place on June 19-21 in Cancun, Mexico. The central theme of the Assembly is “Strengthening Dialogue and Concerted Action for Prosperity”.
This will be the first time that Mexico will host a regular session of the General Assembly.
On the occasion of the General Assembly, The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS will resume the Consultation Meeting on Venezuela that was suspended on May 31, 2017. The meeting of consultation is not part of the Assembly activities in Cancun.
The General Assembly is the main body of the OAS. It is composed of all the delegations of the member states, and is generally led by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Each Member State has the right to cast a vote. The decisions of the General Assembly are usually taken by majority; however, in certain cases, rules require a two/thirds vote. The tradition of the OAS is to decide by consensus.
The Assembly is responsible for determining policies and mandates of the OAS in terms of the structure and the functioning of its organs.
More than 1600 people will participate in the meeting, including delegations of the member states, representatives of civil society, workers, business leaders, special guests, members of the press, and OAS staff.
Since 1971, 22 countries have hosted the General Assembly. Countries that have hosted the assembly the most, besides OAS headquarters, are Chile and Guatemala: three times respectively.
The agenda of the General Assembly includes 5 sessions over the course of two days and 4 thematic panels: the inaugural session will take place June 19; the first session and panels on integral development and prosperity in the hemisphere, and panel on opportunities and challenges for women’s leadership in the Americas will take place Tuesday June 20; The second, third plenary session and closing ceremony, and the panels on Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democracy, and panel on multidimensional security will take place on Wednesday, June 21.
On Monday the 19th, the Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General and the heads of delegations will meet with civil society and other actors and the Permanent Observers of the OAS.