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.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Assumes Chair of the OAS Permanent Council
July 1, 2022
The Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the Organization of American States (OAS), Lou-Anne Gaylene Gilchrist, today assumed the chair of the Permanent Council until September 30, 2021.
Ambassador Gilchrist highlighted the role played by the two previous Chairs who are also members of CARICOM, alluding to Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis, and announced the main objectives of her mandate. "During this trimester, negotiations for the 52nd regular session of the Assembly General will occur. The Chair therefore entreats delegations to negotiate in good faith, with respect for others opinions, postures and the principles of their domestic law as agreements are sought and consensus is built," said the Caribbean diplomat.
Meanwhile, the outgoing Chair of the Council, the Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia, Elizabeth Darius-Clarke, also appreciated that her successor in the Chair is a member of CARICOM and expressed her willingness to continue working in the Council "to improve the quality of life of our peoples." "The last three months was quite a busy period, with many of us heavily invested in the Summit of the Americas and budget negotiations. I however pleased at all that we have accomplished together. As I pass on the baton, I look forward to working with all of you for the betterment of our people," added Ambassador Darius-Clarke.
The Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic, Josué Fiallo, will serve as Vice Chair of the Council.
The Chair of the Permanent Council rotates every three months among the member states of the Organization, in descending alphabetical order. The Vice Chair also rotates every three months, but in reverse alphabetical order.
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