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.
OAS AND UN WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE ELECTIONS IN HAITI
January 11, 2005
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations (UN) are cooperating closely to ensure that Haiti can hold free and fair elections in 2005, the OAS Acting Secretary General, Luigi R. Einaudi and the Chief of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Juan Gabriel Valdés, said today.
Speaking to the OAS Permanent Council, Valdés said he is optimistic about recent developments in Haiti, particularly the improvement in the security situation and the progress toward a national dialogue. “Haiti needs support to recover confidence in itself,” Valdés said. “Haiti has suffered a lot in recent years.”
OAS officials briefed the Permanent Council on the work being done to coordinate voter registration, the central responsibility of the OAS under an OAS-UN Memorandum of Understanding signed in November. They said the goal is to create a trustworthy electoral registry that would later provide the framework for a much-needed national civil registry.
Einaudi noted that the electoral effort in Haiti, which has already received substantial contributions from the United States and Canada, still has a shortfall of some $10 million. He appealed to member states and permanent observers for additional contributions, noting the challenge of organizing elections “in the absence of a functioning state.”
In addition to the electoral assistance project, the OAS Special Mission in Haiti is supporting the strengthening of human rights organizations and the judicial system, the vetting of Haitian National Police applicants and a management training program designed to strengthen state institutions.
During the Permanent Council meeting, chaired by Ambassador Manuel María Cáceres of Paraguay, diplomats from several member states noted that the process of strengthening democracy in Haiti requires elections that would be inclusive of all political parties. They said Haiti also needs support to ensure respect for human rights and to educate citizens in democratic principles in order to ensure post-electoral success. Several ambassadors were pleased by evidence of OAS-UN cooperation and noted the critical presence of Western Hemisphere nations in addressing the problems of Haiti.
Both Einaudi and Valdés will participate in a meeting tomorrow of the UN Security Council, which is under Argentina’s presidency, to discuss the situation in Haiti.
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