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.
International Commercial Arbitration: Award Enforcement
We invite you to consult this page on the Enforceability of
International Commercial Arbitration Awards as part of the regional
technical cooperation project of the OAS program funded with support
from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA):
“Commercial Arbitration, Training Judicial
Officers in the Enforcement of International Awards”
Inter-American Private International Law System
In the Inter-American Private International Law System (CIDIP) of the
OAS, member staes have signed two conventions on the subject:
The first, the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial
Arbitration (Panama Convention), signed in Panama City on January 30,
1975.
The second, the Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity
of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards (Montevideo Convention), signed
in the city of Montevideo on May 8, 1979.
Information Available for review
This page includes:
Project background including declarations and recommendations of member countries and institutional bodies and commissions on the subject of access to justice, dispute resolution and arbitration;
Texts of the inter-American conventions and status of signatures and ratifications;
A selection of relevant sections in free trade agreements;
A catalog of national law and jurisprudence on the member countries on the subject;
Best practices;
Links to relevant arbitral institutions; and
Project-related publications.
This page will provide additional information on project activities, including seminars, workshops and publications.
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