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 Permanent Council Commemorates the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
March 22, 2019
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States will hold a special meeting on Monday, March 25 at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) in Simon Bolívar Hall at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, “Remembering Slavery: the Power of the Arts for Justice.”
Notable guest speakers will include the Vice President of Costa Rica, Campbell Barr; the Secretary for Policies to Promote Racial Equality in Brazil, Sandra Terena; the Minister of Culture of Colombia, Carmen Inés Vásquez; the Senator of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ancelma Perlacios Peralta; and the former Undersecretary for Development for Afro-Mexican Peoples of Guerrero State, Bulmaro García Zavaleta.
The meeting will be opened by the Chair of the OAS Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of El Salvador, Carlos Alberto Calles Castillo, and will include words from the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro.
At the end of the meeting, a commemorative painting will be unveiled.
Please consult the agenda of the meeting here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meeting.
The meeting will be broadcast live - with interpretation in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese- on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page