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.
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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 Hosts Presentation by the U.S. Secretary of State on “The United States and Latin America: The Power of Partnership”
November 16, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS) will be the setting, on November 18 at 11:00 EST (16:00 GMT), for a presentation by the Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry, entitled “The United States and Latin America: A Relationship of Partners.” The conference will be organized jointly with the Inter-American Dialogue, and will take place in the Hall of the Americas.
The Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, will offer the welcoming remarks to the event, in which Michael Shifter, President of the Inter-American Dialogue, will also participate.
For reasons of space and security, journalists who wish to cover the event are asked to confirm their attendance in advance to [email protected].
Journalists should enter the OAS building through the side entrance, located on C Street, between 17th and 18th Streets, and present a photo identification which verifies their employment with a media entity. Video cameras should arrive before 10:00 EST (15:00 GMT) and access for journalists will be closed at 10:30 EST (15:30 GMT).
The meeting will be broadcast live on the OAS Website.
WHAT: Presentation by the U.S. Secretary of State “The United States and Latin America: A Relationship of Partners”
WHEN: Monday, November 18, at 11:00 EST (16:00 GMT)
WHERE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006