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.
The Organization of American States (OAS) is organizing a series of events from September 20 - 26 in celebration of 2010's Peace Week. The annual event highlights the role of the Organization as well as its predecessor agencies in the development of peace instruments, peace building and conflict resolution efforts over the past decades.
Peace Week will begin on Monday, September 20, with the inauguration of the OAS Virtual Library of Peace Initiatives that includes various electronic resources compiled by Columbus Memorial Library, as well as the launching of the book, "Peace, Democracy and Conflict Resolution," prepared by the OAS Department of Democratic Sustainability and Special Missions. To access the virtual library, visit here.
International Peace Day will be celebrated September 21st with a forum that will feature a debate on the Peace missions held by the OAS over the last two decades. Forum speakers include the Chiefs of Mission of Nicaragua, Suriname, Haiti, Colombia, and Belize-Guatemala, among others. The half-day forum will be held at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC. The forum's agenda is available here.
On September 22 and 23 in Washington, DC, the OAS is holding a course titled, "Peace, Democracy, and Conflict Revolution," that will feature the organization's experts in those areas. They will analyze case studies and will debate their interrelation with other subject matters, such as human rights, gender equality, security and confidence-building measures. The program for this conference is available here.
Finally, the OAS will hold an activity focused on helping children become conscious of the importance of peace. Chalk4Peace will take place on September 25 at the OAS Main Building. This event incentivizes young artists of all ages to create messages and images to materialize their visions of peace.
For additional information about Peace Week celebrations, please visit here
WHAT: OAS celebrates Peace Week
WHEN: Monday, September 20 to Saturday, September 25
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