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.
Press Conference on Crimes Against Humanity in Cuba
May 8, 2019
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) will host a press conference by the NGO Cuban Prisoners Defenders (CPD) on Tuesday, May 14 at 09:30 EDT (13:30 EDT) at the Organization’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
During the event, CPD will present an international complaint that has submitted to different fora (the International Criminal Court, United Nations Committees, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and others) on serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by the Cuban regime. The complaint refers to the thousands of Cuban medical personnel who are forced to serve in medical missions abroad, under conditions of slavery, for the economic benefit of the Cuban government.
OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro will give the opening remarks, followed by these presentations:
• Carlos Rojas, Congressman for Granada, Congress of Deputies, Spain.
• Javier Larrondo, founder, Cuban Prisoners Defenders
• Sebastián Rivero, criminal attorney and founder, Cuban Prisoners Defenders
• Blas Jesús Imbroda, former President of the International Criminal Bar (2017-2019)
Members of the media who wish to cover this event should send their name and affiliation to [email protected]. On the day of the event press credentials and personal identification will be required.
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