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.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SATISFIED WITH PANAMA’S PREPARATIONS FOR OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2007
PANAMA CITY, Panama—Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, the Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General, today expressed great satisfaction at the state of readiness for the Organization’s annual General Assembly, which opens formally on Sunday evening in the Panamanian capital. The General Assembly is the highest decision-making body of the inter-American organization of 34 member states.
The Assistant Secretary General, who arrived in Panama City on Tuesday and who has overall responsibility for the plans and preparations for the General Assembly, stated: “We are pleased with the preparations by the Panamanian government, especially with the leadership of Foreign Minister and First Vice President Samuel Lewis, and we are delighted with the warm welcome extended by the government and people of Panama.” The OAS Assistant Secretary General also singled out the Panamanian Ambassador to the OAS, Aristides Royo, for special recognition in the lead-up to the General Assembly.
“We appreciate the strong commitment by the Panamanians to making this a successful meeting,” added Ramdin, who noted that the excellent state of preparations is already evident from the pre-General Assembly meetings—such as the Hemispheric Conference on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities; the Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education; the meeting of the OAS Young Americas Business Trust; and the three-day Private Sector Forum. Ambassador Ramdin also praised the strong Panamanian private sector interest in the main topic of the General Assembly, “Energy for Sustainable Development.”
“We believe the upcoming General Assembly will provide ample opportunity for all the foreign ministers—given the changes to the structure of the meeting—to discuss matters that are of immediate relevance to the countries they represent,” said Ramdin, noting as well that there will be adequate space for bilateral discussions between countries.
He said the OAS is entering the General Assembly with consensus on the Declaration of Panama, as well as with some 66 resolutions approved.
The OAS General Secretariat will host a press conference today at 3:00 p.m. at the ATLAPA Convention Center, venue for the General Assembly, and will provide more information on the arrangements for the conference of foreign ministers.
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