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.
“As a demonstration of friendship and the importance attached to the OAS, China has decided to donate US$80,000 to the OAS for the purchase of office equipment. This shows the common desire of both China and the OAS to continue pushing forward our cooperation,” said Wenzhong. “I also wish to take this opportunity to announce that our government will contribute US$25,000 to help fund the Judicial Information System for the Americas project.”
Secretary General Insulza expressed his gratitude to the government of the People’s Republic of China. “Since your country became a Permanent Observer of the Organization, our cooperation has been progressing in a strong way. Your present contribution supports an area that is crucial to our work in the Hemisphere—the access of the citizens of the Americas to their judicial systems,” he told the Chinese Ambassador.
For his part, Wenzhong stressed that the relationship between his country and the Organization has become increasingly “substantive and fruitful” in a variety of ways, including the creation of a China-OAS Cooperation Fund, to which the Chinese government has contributed approximately US$600,000 in the past three years.
This cooperation, said the Chinese diplomat, has helped “fund various projects of shared interest to all OAS members. As both sides had anticipated, the OAS has become another important platform for friendly cooperation between China and the countries of the Americas. We are very pleased with the results and stand ready to continue working closely with the OAS”, he said.
The People’s Republic of China became a Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States by a Permanent Council resolution approved on May 26, 2004.