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 is the dispute resolution technique
most commonly used to resolve private commercial disputes because it is
fast, flexible and broadly applicable. Nevertheless, businesses prefer
to invest in countries with strong markets, political stability and
legal certainty. Without these three conditions, investors lack
confidence that contractual arbitration clauses will result in an award
that is legally enforceable, if one of the parties to a dispute does not
voluntarily comply with an arbitral decision.
Not only must the arbitration agreement be recognized, the domestic
legal system must have mechanisms so that the judiciary can respond to
requests for preliminary injunctions and other precautionary measures to
preserve assets against which a successful claimant will be able to
recover any damages awarded. The ability to enforce an arbitral decision
and to do so through an expeditious process are key in any risk
assessments undertaken by prospective investors.
At the OAS, international commercial arbitration and recognition of
arbitral decisions has been a longstanding consideration. Member States
have adopted two conventions on the subject: the Inter-American
Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Panama Convention),
signed in Panama City on January 30, 1975; and, 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.
Although a number of States in the Americas have made progress in
creating an attractive business climate, some continue to face
roadblocks. These challenges can be overcome through the adoption of
legislation that ensures the respect of international law in the
recognition and enforcement of cross-border arbitral awards and that
strengthens the judicial system.
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