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.
Ecuador Ratifies the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Discrimination and Intolerance at the OAS
January 14, 2020
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Ecuador today deposited at the General Secretariat of the Organization of the American States (OAS) the instrument of ratification of the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance.
During the ceremony, the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the OAS, Carlos Alberto Játiva, said that with this initiative his country "joins the national and hemispheric efforts to ensure that the rights recognized in this treaty may be reaffirmed, effectively implemented and protected, inspired by the principles of legal equality and non-discrimination."
For his part, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, emphasized that the ratification "clearly shows the adherence of Ecuador to the international regulations that seek to guarantee the right to non-discrimination." "We take this opportunity to invite OAS member states to ratify this Convention, and to put in motion the cooperation forum for the exchange of policies and regulations, which requires a total of ten states party," added the Secretary General.
Ecuador became the fourth country to ratify the Convention, adopted by the OAS General Assembly in 2013 after 13 years of negotiations. Antigua and Barbuda, Costa Rica and Uruguay had previously ratified the Convention.