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.
REMARKS ON THE ASSUMPTION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL
AMBASSADOR RIYAD INSANALLY, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUYANA
January 3, 2020 - Washington, DC
Thank you all for being here today for this simple handing-over ceremony. I recognise that many Permanent Representatives are still enjoying a well-earned break from the OAS but I thought it best, in consultation with my distinguished predecessor and our beloved Chief of Protocol, to assume the chairmanship formally, as early as possible, as we embark on what promises to be another challenging period for our Organization and the hemisphere.
Allow me, at the outset, to place on record my sincere appreciation for the work of the outgoing Chair, Ambassador Rita Claverie de Sciolli, Permanent Representative of Guatemala, and the outgoing Vice Chair, Ambassador Fernando Simas, Permanent Representative of Brazil. I am sure that I can speak for the incoming Vice Chair, Ambassador Daniel Gutierez of Belize, when I say that we are honoured to follow in their footsteps and we shall do our utmost to uphold the institutional integrity of the Permanent Council.
Many of you will recall that I had the honour of chairing the Working Group to Prepare an Institutional Strengthening Proposal for the OAS, over a period of 13 months, in 2017-2018. I am therefore well aware of the importance of the role of the Permanent Council and the necessity of strengthening its capacity to enhance the Organization's ability to respond to all its members’ needs. In this respect, I hope that progress will be made, during my term in office, towards having the General Committee address the various recommendations made by the Working Group, with a view to achieving institutional coherence, greater coordination and better internal and external communication, across the Organization.
I also wish to assure you all that I have every intention of being guided by the OAS Charter and the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council, with full respect for the normative framework of our Organization.
It is my wish, moreover, that in our deliberations, a spirit of engagement will prevail and dialogue and consultation, as befits a forum for multilateral diplomacy, will be the preferred path, even or rather, especially when there are deep differences of opinion.
I shall therefore endeavour to foster an inclusive approach to the challenges before us and for this, I will, obviously, need your support. I look forward to working closely with you all over the next three months and I wish you and your families a happy, healthy and successful New Year.
This is a great honour for Guyana, especially as we will be celebrating 50 years as a Republic on February 23, 2020. We intend to fulfil our obligations as a responsible member of the Hemispheric Family of Nations.
Thank you for your kind attention and for your presence here this morning.