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 New Year has ushered in new leadership at the Organization of American States’ Permanent Council, with Bahamian Ambassador Cornelius A.Smith today assuming the three-month rotating chairmanship.
Ambassador Smith was installed after his predecessor, Argentina’s Ambassador Rodolfo Gil, handed him the gavel during a brief handing over ceremony at OAS headquarters, with Member State ambassadors and representatives as well as Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin, among others, in attendance.
Using the occasion to reaffirm his country’s “steadfast commitment to the Organization’s vital role in the preservation and strengthening of democracy in the Caribbean and the Americas,” Ambassador Smith said that during its leadership of the Permanent Council The Bahamas would further emphasize the core OAS principles of “supporting and promoting good governance, democratic values, respect for law and order and the protection of human rights.”
The Bahamian envoy went on to underline the “unequivocal pledge” of the Bahamas to help promote the principles of democracy and human rights, multidimensional security and integral development as the pillars of the OAS. He declared that during the forthcoming three months, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas would do its best to advance the goals of the Western Hemisphere organization.
Ambassador Smith also took the opportunity to salute the people and government of the Republic of Haiti on their attainment of 204 years of independence on January 1.
For his part, Argentina’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Gil, expressed appreciation for the support he received during his tenure at the helm of the Permanent Council, the OAS’ second highest decision-making body after the General Assembly.
Welcoming the new Permanent Council chairman, Assistant Secretary General Ramdin—who is also Secretary to the Permanent Council—said the OAS Secretariat is very pleased and looks forward to a “strong, productive relationship.” Ramdin cited the keen interest demonstrated by The Bahamas in the affairs of the hemisphere, beyond its immediate national agenda, as very important. “We look forward to The Bahamas’ leadership in discussing budgetary methods as well as leadership in terms of strengthening the development agenda of the OAS,” stated Ramdin.