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 Drug Abuse Control Commission to Meet in Miami
November 15, 2019
The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold its 66th Regular Period of Sessions in Miami, Florida from November 19 to 21, in which the 34 active members of the hemisphere institution will participate.
The event will be inaugurated by the outgoing Chair of CICAD and Secretary of Comprehensive Policies on Drugs of Argentina (SEDRONAR), Roberto Moro; the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, Kirsten Madison; the Secretary for Multidimensional Security of the OAS, Farah Urrutia; and the Executive Secretary of CICAD, Adam Namm. Members are expected to approve the candidacy of the United States for the Chair and of Colombia for the Vice Chair for the 2019-2020 period.
Among the main themes of the CICAD meeting are discussion panels focused on:
• The evolving synthetic drug threat in Latin America
• Countering drug trafficking while promoting regional security and stability in the Americas
• Understanding UN drug control scheduling recommendations, including linkages among and impact on national, regional and international agencies
• Alternatives to incarceration
• Disrupting the illicit supply chain through financial intelligence: from cryptocurrencies to illicit trafficking via mail
• Strategies on evidence-based prevention programs for adolescents in the Western Hemisphere
• Dialogue on reducing stigmatization and access to treatment
• Improving national drug strategies and developing action plans
• Regulatory best practices for the control of chemical and pharmaceutical substances used in the illicit manufacture of drugs
Moreover, CICAD will present the 2019 Hemispheric Report of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), and the participants in the meeting will visit:
• The Miami Drug Court
• The United States Southern Command
• Miami International Mail Facility/High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program
• The facilities of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Port Miami combined with a United States Coast Guard Miami Guard Station Cutter Tour
The inauguration of the event will be open to the press.
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