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 General Secretariat and U.S. Mission to the OAS Host Discussion on Artistic Freedom in Cuba
April 30, 2019
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the U.S. Mission to the OAS will hold a discussion on Artistic Freedom in Cuba on Monday, May 6 at 13:00 EDT (17:00 GMT) at OAS Headquarters in Washington, DC.
The discussion will focus on how freedom of expression is severely restricted and criminalized in Cuba, especially with a new censorship law (“Decree 349”) that restricts artistic freedom and puts it under state control.
OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro will provide introductory remarks. Additional speakers include U.S. Ambassador to the OAS Carlos Trujillo, Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Carrie Filipetti, and IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Edison Lanza. The event will also feature a selection of richly diverse artwork of Cuban independent artists.
A reception will follow at the OAS Art Museum of the Americas where an exhibit of Cuban art is currently underway.