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.
In 2020, the CJI approved Guidelines on
Binding and Non-Binding Agreements with the purpose of providing
a better understanding of non-traditional international
agreements, including non-binding agreements among States and
those concluded by government ministries and sub-national
territorial units. These Guidelines are available in the
official languages of the OAS:
In the development of this issue, the
Inter-American Juridical Committee discussed the following
documents over the years that serve as background information:
2017 CJI/doc.542/17corr.1 - Preliminary report on
binding and non-binding agreements (presented by
Dr. Duncan B. Hollis)
2018 CJI/doc. 553/18 - Binding and non-binding
agreements: second report (presented by Dr.
Duncan B. Hollis) CJI/doc. 563/18 - Binding and non-binding
agreements: third report (presented by Dr.
Duncan B. Hollis)
2019 CJI/doc. 580/19 - Binding and non-binding
agreements: fourth report (presented by Dr.
Duncan B. Hollis) CJI/doc. 593/19 - Binding and non-binding
agreements: fifth report (presented by Dr.
Duncan B. Hollis)
In October 2020, the General Assembly requested the technical secretariat of the Committee, the DIL, to compile views from member states on the “Guidelines on Binding and Non-Binding Agreements” (AG/RES. 2959 para. ii)2). The following States have submitted comments: -
Argentina
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United States
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