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 Representative of Haiti to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Duly Brutus, today assumed for the next three months the Chair of the Permanent Council, taking over from the Permanent Representative of Guyana, Ambassador Bayney Karran.
The Haitian diplomat said that “thanks to the consensus we find in this House of the Americas we are able to avoid constant tension in the region,” and reported that he will explore the possibility of holding a “meeting of members of parliament” from the region at OAS headquarters in the spirit of making inroads towards increasing development in the countries.
Ambassador Brutus highlighted the work of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the importance of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. “I believe that we share the common interest of working together so that a culture of democracy takes root in the continent,” he said, adding that “now we have a region where people are free to decide for themselves their own policies, and that is thanks to democracy.”
“Today we can say that democracy has triumphed, though it is a permanent struggle with no end,” he said. “Nevertheless, we face other challenges at the regional level, notably the challenge of development. We live in a global context dominated by the globalization of the economy, with the countries of the Caribbean not having the strength or population necessary to engage enough in this struggle, and therefore we must reflect on the best way to help our countries advance in their development,” he concluded.
The Permanent Representative of Canada, Allan Culham, assumed the Vice Chair of the Permanent Council, which until now was exercised by the Permanent Representative of Chile, Ambassador Darío Paya.
Also present at the ceremony, held in the Hall of Heroes at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, were the Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, and representatives of several missions of the Member States.
The Statute of the Permanent Council establishes that the Chair is to be held successively by each of the Permanent Representatives, in alphabetical order as determined by each country’s name in Spanish, and the Vice Chair in the same manner, following reverse alphabetical order. Both positions have a term of three months.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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