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.
Bolivia Assumes Chair of the OAS Permanent Council
January 15, 2025
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The Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the Organization of American States (OAS), Héctor Arce Zaconeta, today assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council, a position he will hold until March 31, 2025.
During the ceremony that took place at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Arce said that, since its beginnings as an Organization, the OAS has been “a space where countries felt integrated, free and comfortable to raise their problems and resolve them, a plural space that does not condemn any cultural practice or any ideological, religious or any other difference.” Likewise, the new Chair of the Council referred to the elections of the new authorities that will lead the international organization for the next five years: “We are entering a key moment, a turning point in our institutional life as a multilateral organization, the closing of a cycle to make way for an important and urgent reform,” he concluded.
For his part, the outgoing Chair and Permanent Representative of Belize, Lynn Raymond Young, said that during the three months he presided the Council, he managed to “ensure the future of the Organization through the meticulous preparation of the 2025 Program-Budget, establish a transparent framework for the upcoming leadership elections and maintain unwavering support for Haiti’s stabilization efforts.” In addition, he highlighted “substantial progress in the promotion of human rights, particularly with regard to racial equality and the prevention of gender violence,” among others. Ambassador Raymond acknowledged that “The success of our initiatives stems from the extraordinary dedication of our member states' representatives and the invaluable contributions of our permanent observers. Your engagement in our recent dialogue exemplifies the spirit of hemispheric collaboration that defines the OAS.”
The Vice Chair for the January-March period will be held by the Permanent Representative of El Salvador, Wendy Acevedo.
The Chair of the Permanent Council rotates every three months among the member states of the Organization, in alphabetical order. The Vice Chair also rotates every three months, but in reverse alphabetical order.
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