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.
• AG/RES. 1403 (XXVI-O/96): The General Assembly of the OAS, Recognizing
“That execution of this initiative can contribute actively to alleviating critical situations
of hunger and poverty wherever they appear in the Hemisphere and assisting populations affected
by natural or man-made disasters;”
• AG/RES. 1463 (XXVII-O/97): The General Assembly of the OAS Resolved,
“To approve the Plan for Implementation of the White Helmets Initiative within the Organization
of American States;”
• The White Helmets Initiative makes up part of the purposes and principles
established in the Charter of the OAS and, as such, has been endorsed by the General Assembly of
the OAS through the following Resolutions and Declarations: AG/RES. 1351 (XXV-O/95), AG/RES. 1403
(XXVI-O/96), AG/RES. 1463 (XXVII-O/97), AG/RES 2018 (XXXIV-O/04), AG/DEC. 45 (XXXV-O/05), AG/RES. 2165
(XXXVI-O/06), AG/DEC. 55 (XXXVII-O/07), AG/RES. 2372 (XXXVIII-O/08), AG/RES. 2558 (XL-O/10) and AG/RES.
2704 (XLII-O/12).
• AG/RES. 2165 (XXXVI-O/06) specifically urges the OAS General
Secretariat and Member States to: (i) reaffirm its support for the White Helmets Initiative
as one of the valuable mechanisms in the Hemisphere for risk management and fighting hunger and
poverty, (ii) continue its support for the development of the White Helmets Initiative, and (iii)
take note of the establishment of the Regional Humanitarian Volunteer Corps Network and its future
use as a valuable tool for risk management and fighting hunger and poverty in the Hemisphere.