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.
PETER DESHAZO, DEPUTY U.S. PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR INICIATIVES BY NICARAGUA TO SAFEGUARD REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW
September 25, 2002 - Washington, DC
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, the delegation of the United States is pleased to join consensus on this important resolution.
The United States lauds and supports President Bolanos’ efforts to combat corruption and his refusal to allow impunity by any member of the Government, past or present, regardless of rank. We agree with the widely-held view in Nicaragua that no one is above the law.
Corruption eats away at the institutions of society, weakening their legitimacy and mocking the faith of honest citizens in democracy. Corruption picks the pockets of the law-abiding, diverting resources from the common good and undermining economic development.
The OAS is firmly committed to fighting corruption in our Hemisphere. This resolution very properly evokes the Inter-American Democratic Charter in underscoring the need for transparency, good governance, and respect for the rule of law as essential components in the exercise of democracy and calling on the nations of the Hemisphere to support the Government of Nicaragua in its campaign against corruption. It also acknowledges the key role of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption in coordinating regional action to fight this menace. As Secretary General Gaviria confirmed in a recent press interview – and as this resolution demonstrates -- the battle against corruption indeed occupies a priority position in the OAS agenda.
Let us hope that this resolution – and the example of the Government and people of Nicaragua to counter corruption – will encourage all of us to take individual and collective action to make good governance and respect for the rule of law the norm throughout our Hemisphere.