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.
CICAD Celebrates 50th Regular Session in Argentina
November 1, 2011
The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will celebrate its 25th anniversary during its 50th regular session, to be held in Buenos Aires from November 2nd to the 4th.
During the meeting, the countries of the Americas will debate issues related to demand reduction, money laundering, chemical substance and pharmaceutical product control, maritime drug trafficking, the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism, and the current state of the global drug problem and its future challenges, among other subjects on the agenda.
The Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, will participate on Thursday the 3rd in a private lunch with delegation members, an opportunity in which he will analyze the evolution of policies developed in the region in the fight against drug abuse.
Delegations from 34 OAS Member States will participate in the event. The inaugural session, which will be open to the press, will feature the participation of the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Argentina, Alberto D’Alotto; the OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Adam Blackwell; and CICAD Chair Chandrikapersad Santokhi of Suriname.
At the event’s conclusion, a press conference will be held at 14:00 local time (17:00 GMT) in the San Martín Palace.
WHEN: November 2nd to the 4th. The inauguration is on the 2nd at 9:00 local time (12:00 GMT), and the press conference is on November 4th at 14:00 local time (17:00 GMT).
WHERE: San Martín Palace
Arenales 761
Buenos Aires, Argentina