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 SATISFIED WITH DEMOBILIZATION OF COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES
January 19, 2005
The Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luigi R. Einaudi, today expressed satisfaction with yesterday’s demobilization of the 925 fighters from the Sinu-San Jorge faction of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) in Cordoba, Colombia.
The Secretary General added that “peace processes are usually extremely complex and produce real changes in the course of history; it’s not easy to restore democratic trust and the full enjoyment of peace after almost fifty years of armed conflict as in the case of Colombia.”
Einaudi reiterated his hope that the Colombian government would use its democratic institutions to strengthen the existing legal framework to sustain such a large-scale demobilization. He said that while these developments are essentially dynamic and creative, not everything can be expected to be resolved overnight.
The Secretary General recalled that the OAS has been supporting and verifying the demobilization process through its Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia, which the Permanent Council established in February 2004. He stressed that every effort would be made to strengthen and pursue the mandate of this Mission.
Finally, Einaudi said that bringing the war to and end, and doing so in an effective manner, is a shared responsibility of the international community and the Colombian government. He noted that this effort opens up new avenues for negotiating with other armed groups such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN).