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 Permanent Council Bids Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Uruguay
August 27, 2014
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Members of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) at today’s meeting offered a farewell to the Permanent Representative of Uruguay, Milton Romani, who finishes his work after more than two years.
In their comments, representatives of member states highlighted the personal and professional qualities of Ambassador Romani, with particular emphasis on his strengths, talents, conciliatory attitude and friendliness. Members of the Council acknowledged the legacy left by the Uruguayan diplomat to the Organization and to the spirit of Inter-Americanism and praised his contribution to the issues of drugs and human rights in the Hemisphere.
In his farewell to the Uruguayan Representative, the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza highlighted the significant contribution he made to the most important topics that have occupied the agenda of the Organization in recent years. In this regard, he recalled Ambassador Romani´s participation in the Special General Assembly on Human Rights, the debates on the topic of drugs, an issue "that has become a remarkable issue for the Organization," and his speeches in areas related to the full exercise of democracy . Insulza concluded by affirming that Ambassador Romani "represents a progressive political vision in the Latin American region."
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