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.
Inauguration of the Conference on Immigrant Children “On Their Own”
April 23, 2012
The Conference on Immigrant Children “On Their Own” will officially open this Tuesday, April 24 in Washington DC. The meeting, organized by the National Center for Refugee & Immigrant Children, in collaboration with the Organization of American States (OAS), will examine the current challenges facing unaccompanied immigrant children and the policies that impact their lives.
The phenomenon of children who emigrate on their own is of such importance that it’s estimated that one of each five people who emigrate is a child or an adolescent. Some begin their journey to an unknown place in hopes of joining their parents, others to escape violence and exploitation, and others in search of opportunities they can’t find in their own countries.
Many unaccompanied immigrant children share certain risk factors: they emigrate on their own and by irregular routes, without legal protection, and they are particularly exposed to fall prey to heavy work, human trafficking, and physical and sexual abuse.
The Conference on Immigrant Children “On Their Own” will provide an opportunity for advocates of immigrant children’s rights in the United States to study the legal challenges facing such children, as well as to share “best practices.” With the participation of U.S. immigration officials, academics specialized in the issue, non-governmental organizations like the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ayuda, Raices, Community Legal Services & Counseling Center, among others, and immigration lawyers, the conference will provide an ample base of experiences and perspectives on the situation of unaccompanied immigrant children.
The Conference Opening will take place at the Hall of the Americas of the OAS on 17th & Constitution Ave, NW. The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, will deliver the opening remarks during the inauguration, which will be attended by the First Ladies of Guatemala, Rosa María Leal; Honduras, Rosa Elena Bonilla; and México, Margarita Zavala. The three First Ladies will address the conference on the issue of child migration in their respective countries.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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