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.
Statement of the OAS General Secretariat on the Political Situation in El Salvador
February 11, 2021
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) accepts the requests of the Republic of El Salvador to send a Special Mission to evaluate the political-institutional situation and to contribute to the preservation and strengthening of the rule of law in the country, in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
In this regard, the OAS Secretary General acknowledges receipt of the notes from the Government of the Republic of El Salvador and the Legislative Assembly of the country and expresses his willingness to have the Special Mission contribute to facilitating a political dialogue that leads to the strengthening of democratic institutions in the country, especially with regard to the independence of powers and the investigation of the events denounced by all parties.
The Special Mission will also seek to help the powers of the Salvadoran State provide full guarantees for the electoral political process that will take place in 2021.
The OAS General Secretariat expresses in this way its firm will to work with the Government and the Legislative Assembly in the defense off the Constitution and the rule of law, in accordance with the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.