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 to Host Dialogue in Support of Freedom of Conscience, Religion or Belief and Pluralism in the Americas
September 27, 2023
The Organization of American States (OAS) will host the “Dialogue in Support of Freedom of Conscience, Religion or Belief and Pluralism in the Americas” this Friday September 29, 2023 at 9:30 EDT in the Padilha Vidal Room of the OAS General Secretariat Building, 1889 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Freedom of religion or belief is multi-dimensional and intersects with other fundamental freedoms, including the freedom to change one’s religion or beliefs or hold no religion at all. Regional governments pledged to increase efforts to ensure inclusion and diversity in all aspects of governance in the June 2022 Inter-American Action Plan on Democratic Governance adopted by Heads of State and Government at the Ninth Summit of the Americas. Additionally, OAS member states agreed at the 52nd OAS General Assembly to organize and participate in global, regional, and subregional conferences and events that commemorate or promote respect for the right to freedom of conscience and religion or belief and to share any conclusions and best practices discussed during these events.
To this end, the Permanent Missions of the USA, Brazil, Canada and Chile to the OAS, in collaboration with the OAS General Secretariat, through the Department of Social Inclusion of the Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity, are organizing this dialogue featuring a high-level panel with U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief Nazila Ghanea, other multilateral stakeholders, and civil society representatives during which they will discuss how States should address multidimensional discrimination experienced by marginalized communities, including minority faith and spiritual communities, and many other questions.
To participate in person, register here and to join as a viewer in KUDO click here. The meeting will have interpretation in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French.
The agenda is available here.
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