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.
Visit of Foreign Minister of Dominican Republic Begins Final Phase on Path to the OAS General Assembly
February 17, 2016
Preparations for the 46th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), to be held in Santo Domingo from June 13 to 15 will enter their final phase on Friday with the signing of the agreement for the event and the presentation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic of the theme for the Assembly.
The OAS Permanent Council will receive the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, Andrés Navarro, on Friday February 19 at at 11:00 ET (16:00 GMT) at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington DC.
Prior to the Council meeting, Foreign Minister Navarro and the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, will sign the agreement that signals the final phase of preparations for the Assembly in the Caribbean country.
Please consult the meeting’s agenda here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meeting.
Next, the Council will hold a regular meeting at 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT) to receive the verbal report of the Electoral Observation Mission to Guatemala by the Chief of Mission Juan Pablo Corlazzoli, among other issues. The agenda for this meeting is available here.
Both meetings will be broadcast live on the OAS Website.