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 Contracts in the Americas”
In this session, panelists considered the Guide on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts in the Americas, which was approved by the Inter-American Juridical Committee in March, 2019, with a particular focus on the Guide’s 18 recommendations, specifically those that encourage and support party autonomy and choice of law. Panelists also explained the Guide’s development and its foundation in the Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, known as “the Mexico Convention, and its connection with the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts. The discussion concluded with pragmatic considerations concerning implementation of the Guide’s recommendations by states, legislators, adjudicators and contracting parties.
Panelists:
Presentation of the CJI’s Guide lDr. José Moreno Rodriguez, Member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee and Rapporteur on
International Commercial Contracts in the Americas. Comments and thoughts lDr. Cecilia Fresnedo, Member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee. lDr. Eduardo Benavides, Peruvian Lawyer representing the American Bar Association.
Moderator:
Dr. Jeannette Tramhel,
Senior Legal Officer, Department of International Law, Secretariat for Legal Affairs, OAS.
*Questions and Answers session followed the presentations using the Q&A Function in Cisco WebEx.
*Please note that this session was held in Spanish with no simultaneous interpretation provided.
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