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.
The following are current topics within the
Inter-American Juridical Committee agenda (resolution
CJI/RES. 293 (CV-O/24):
The exceptional use of force in the inter-American context Rapporteur: Dr. Luis García-Corrochano Moyano
The principles of international law on which the inter-American System is founded, as the normative framework that governs the work of the Organization of American States and relations among member states Rapporteur: Dr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo
Strengthening the accountability regime in the use of information and communication technologies Rapporteur: Dr. Martha del Carmen Luna Véliz
Legal implications of the sea level rise in the inter-American regional context Rapporteur: Dr. Julio José Rojas Báez
Corporate responsibility of manufacturers and sellers of weapons in the area of human rights Rapporteur: Dr. Alejandro Alday González
Approach to the new outer space law
Rapporteur: Dr. José Luis Moreno Guerra
Impact of technologies based on Artificial Intelligence on human rights, with a special focus on children and adolescents Rapporteurs: Dr. Ramiro Gastón Orias Arredondo and Dr. Alejandra Valencia Gartner
Updating of the 2020 Inter-American Model Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information
Rapporteur: Dr. Luis García-Corrochano Moyano
Selection procedures and representativeness in the context of judicial independence
Rapporteur: Dr. Nienke Grossman
This resolution was unanimously approved at the regular session held on August 15, 2024, by the following members: Doctors Julio José Rojas-Báez, Eric P. Rudge, George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Alejandro Alday González, Ramiro Gastón Orias Arredondo, Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre, Martha del Carmen Luna Véliz, Nienke Grossman, José Luis Moreno Guerra, Alejandra Valencia Gartner and Luis García-Corrochano Moyano.
These topics will be discussed during the next regular session, to be hold on March 10-14, 2025.