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 Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) has convened a special meeting for tomorrow, January 6, to discuss the situation in Haiti in light of the postponement of elections. During the session, which will be private, representatives of the member states will examine the country’s current political situation and the factors that led Haitian authorities to delay the elections that had been scheduled for January 8.
“The OAS has a permanent interest in Haiti and a firm commitment to support the government in its efforts to strengthen democracy and consolidate its institutions,” said OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza. “In order to maintain that commitment and count on the support of the international community, it is essential that it be based on free and competitive elections, held within agreed timetables. Nobody would understand an indefinite postponement of the elections.”
“We have worked with the government, in cooperation with the United Nations, to lay the necessary foundation for a free and fair electoral process,” Insulza added. “This collaboration continues, and we believe the necessary technical conditions exist so that within a short period of time the Haitian people will be able to go to the polls to exercise their democratic franchise.”
During the past few months, the OAS has supported a massive registration drive conducted by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), which led to the enrollment of more than 3.5 million citizens, or 80% of the eligible voting population.