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 Debates Solutions to the Effects of Climate Change on Security
December 12, 2017
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The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), together with its Committee on Hemispheric Security, today held a debate on how to address the security implications of climate change in the countries of the region, an issue that particularly affects the Caribbean and Central America.
The Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Canada, Jennifer May Loten, highlighted the importance of better understanding this challenge, given the high vulnerability of the hemisphere to the phenomenon. “We are extremely lucky because the OAS is a place that was created to provide that forum for member states to exchange on challenges that go beyond our national boundaries. So, I think the opportunity that we have before us, not just today, but going forward, to develop a constructive response to this challenge is, how do we best use the tools that we have to good effect,” she said.
For his part, the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the OAS, Jose Luiz Machado e Costa, highlighted the urgency of taking concrete actions. “Climate change and its consequences are part of a new reality. The dialogue we are having today will help us to increase our understanding of this reality in the field of security, to be able to move forward in dealing with the consequences of climate change in security,” he said.
The OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Claudia Paz y Paz, speaking on behalf of the OAS Secretary General, called on member states to undertake a comprehensive reflection and work together to design a course of action to strengthen the work of the OAS in this area.
During the debate, representatives of member states expressed their support for cooperation initiatives and coordinated action promoted by the OAS. Several ambassadors also emphasized the transversal character of the effects of climate change and urged further advancement of the debate to moderate its effects.
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