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.
New Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the OAS Presents Credentials
April 26, 2012
Photo: OAS
The new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Rodrigo Vielmann, today presented his credentials to the Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza. During the ceremony, the Guatemalan diplomat reiterated the “unconditional support" of his government for the objectives of the organization, such as "strengthening of democracy, and the advancement and development of the inter-American system."
Secretary General Insulza acknowledged the contribution made by Guatemala as a "founding member of the OAS," which he described as "known and appreciated," expressing his "admiration for the decided way" in which President Otto Perez has begun his term. He expressed his belief that Central America is looking to achieve the "democratic yearning that the peoples have and that the government of Guatemala also shares" to address "the serious economic, social, and security problems that afflict many of our countries".
Present at the ceremony, held at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, were the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, the Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Honduras, Ambassador Leonidas Rosa Bautista, the Secretary of External Relations of the hemispheric organization, Alfonso Quiñonez, and the Permanent Representatives of Bolivia, Costa Rica, Paraguay and Perú.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.