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.
Third Round of Sessions to Analyze if the Situation in Venezuela Warrants Referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
November 14, 2017
On Thursday, November 16 at 11:00 EST (16:00 GMT) and at 14:30 EST (19:30 GMT) two public sessions at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) will be held to consider if the situation in Venezuela should be submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for independent criminal investigation.
On November 16, the Independent Panel of International Experts will hear the presentations of victims and other relevant and interested actors in the sessions on the situation in Venezuela.
The Independent Panel of International Experts is composed of former judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Manuel Ventura Robles (Costa Rica), the Secretary of Human Rights for the province of Buenos Aires and former Executive Secretary for the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (CIDH),Santiago Cantón (Argentina); and the President of the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Irwin Cotler (Canada).
Due to space limitations, access to the room will be by invitation. The hearings will be broadcast live through the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page.