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 AND CITES WILL HOST A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF AMAZONIAN TIMBER, ELEPHANTS, RHINOS, TIGERS, AND OTHER 34,000 SPECIES
February 24, 2009
The Organization of American States (OAS) through the Department of Sustainable Development, jointly with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), will hold a roundtable discussion in support activities for the Conservation and sustainable use of the 34,000 species of wild animals and plants protected by the CITES. The event will take place on February 25, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the OAS General Secretariat Building in Washington D.C.
Discussions will be launched with remarks by OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Alfonso Quiñonez and CITES Secretary General, Willem Wijnstekers. The roundtable discussion will gather representatives of international organizations, development agencies, and non-governmental organizations working on the conservation of tigers, rhinos, elephants and the sustainable use of Amazonian timber species such as Mahogany, Cedar and Dalbergia. Panelists are expected to identify synergies and opportunities for cooperation on the CITES work program and efforts conducted in OAS Member States based on the activities identified during the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
The initiatives to be discussed will focus on the following areas:1) Regulating and monitoring wildlife trade, 2) Integrating best available scientific information into decision making, 3) Reducing over-exploitation and illegal trade,4) Building capacity and information systems, 5) Mobilizing resources and raising awareness, 6) Enhancing cooperation with strategic partners, 7) Preparation of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (Qatar, 2010).
Since the First Summit of the Americas in 1994, OAS Member States have committed to building capacity for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and for the implementation of CITES.
For more information, please contact: Claudia S. de Windt – Tel: 202-458-6914, or by e-mail: [email protected].
WHAT: Roundtable discussion on implementation activities of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
WHEN: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
VENUE: Organization of American States
1889 F Street, NW,
Room 704
Washington, DC 20006.
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