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.
Jamaica Assumes Chair of the Permanent Council of the OAS
October 1, 2020
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The Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the Organization of American States (OAS), Audrey Marks, today assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council for the next three months, during which the 50th General Assembly of the Organization will be held.
Ambassador Marks said "we are living in difficult times," in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, which affects "small and large" and "rich and poor" countries equally. ““I look forward to working with all delegations over the next three months, especially as we prepare for the upcoming 50th regular session of the General Assembly in a spirit of dialogue, consultation and agreeing to disagree when situations so demand,” said Ambassador Marks.
For his part, the Permanent Representative of Honduras and outgoing Chair of the Council, Luis Cordero, said that during his term "we strengthened multilateralism every day and we made sure that the four pillars of the OAS continue to be fulfilled in the best way possible." "During these three months of our term we managed to advance in the preparations for the 50th General Assembly, I can assure you that we will have a very beneficial and successful Assembly,” added the Honduran diplomat.
The Permanent Representative of The Bahamas, Sidney Collie, will serve as Vice Chair of the Council.
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