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.
OAS Headquarters in Washington Declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark
April 13, 2022
Photo: OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) commemorated the unveiling of a plaque designating its Washington, D.C. headquarters as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. National Park Service at a ceremony on April 12.
OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro said it was “gratifying” to see the designation of the Organization's headquarters as a National Historic Landmark, "the highest level of recognition for a historic site in the United States." "The classical and global styles of the building are perfectly suited to the work of our Organization, which is based on our four main pillars: democracy, human rights, security and development, and which are objectives shared by our host country," he added, referring to the building, founded in 1910, which features a fusion of ancient and colonial architectural styles from various parts of the Americas and Europe.
For his part, the Interim U.S. Representative to the OAS, Bradley Freden, thanked the National Park Service for the National Historic Landmark designation. "From Andrew Carnegie's original donation to construct this building to the present day, the OAS building has stood as a symbol of unity, democracy and cooperation. Its location of the building here, just across the street from the National Mall, demonstrates the deep connection the United States maintains with the OAS. The symbolism could not be clearer, we deeply value this connection to our hemisphere," said the U.S. diplomat.
Meanwhile, U.S. National Park Service Director Chuck Sams explained that the designation recognizes "the meaning and beauty" behind the classical architecture and landscape and the fusion of Western and Mesoamerican designs and motifs. "Also the important work the Pan American Union and the Organization of American States have undertaken here, building meaningful international relationships throughout the Western Hemisphere," Director Sams added.
The OAS headquarters was inaugurated in 1910 and served as the headquarters of its predecessor organization, the Pan American Union, until 1948, when the OAS was created.
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