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.
XIII Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus
The Thirteenth Meetings of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of
Consensus took place at OAS Headquarters from January 18 to 20, 2011. It
was preceded by the meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus held on
January 15 to 17, 2011.
The plenary was presided by the Chair of the Working Group, Ambassador
Guillermo Cochez, Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS.
In accordance with the OAS Permanent Council resolution CP/RES. 951 (1691/09)
which regulates the Specific Fund to Support the Elaboration of the American
Declaration of Rights for Indigenous People, thirty two indigenous
representatives who participated in the events had been selected to obtain the
mentioned funding. In total, sixty nine indigenous representatives attended the
Meeting.
The Thirteenth Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Consensus approved
the following artciles and paragraphs:
• The revised title and paragraph 1 of Article XII (Right to cultural
identity and integrity)
• Paragraphs 2 and 5 of Article XVII (Health); the entire provision is now
approved
• Article XIX (Rights of association, assembly, freedom of speech and thought)
• Paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article XXI (Indigenous law and jurisdiction)
• A new title in Article XXII (Participation of indigenous peoples and
contributions of indigenous legal and organizational systems)
• A modified title and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article XXIII (treaties,
agreements, and other constructive arrangements)
• Paragraphs 1, 3, and 4 of Article XXVII (Labor rights)
• Article XXXIV
Still pending approval are:
• Paragraph 2 of Article XII
• Paragraph 1 of Article XXI
• Article XXII
• Paragraph 1 of Article XXIII
• Paragraph 5 of Article XXVII
• New paragraphs ter, quat, and quint of Article XXXIV.
The following document contains the outcomes of the Thirteenth Meetings of
Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus, held by the Working Group, as
of January 20, 2011:
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