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.
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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.
Haiti: OAS Electoral Observation Mission Expresses Concern over Political Impasse ahead of Second Round of Elections
January 19, 2016
The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Haiti, consistent with its position that favors competitive elections for the improvement of Haitian Democracy, expresses its concern on the current political impasse ahead of Sunday´s second round of elections.
The Mission urges all Haitian political players to engage in dialogue and negotiations to find a meaningful solution to this impasse.
Following the recommendations of the Commission created to improve the electoral process, important measures were taken.
Of greatest significance was the decision to separate the dates of the presidential polls from the local ones, a step that resulted in a drastic reduction in the number of party representatives (mandataires), which has been generally seen as one of the main sources of irregularities.
However, these measures have not achieved the intended level of confidence that they originally pursued.
The Mission underscores that according to article 3 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, access to power should be in accordance with the rule of law and the holding of periodic, free, and fair elections based on secret balloting and universal suffrage.
The OAS/EOM firmly condemns any act of violence, in particular those directed against institutions in charge of the electoral process.