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 Secretary General Meets with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
January 19, 2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Ryabkov, with whom he spoke about new and strengthened avenues of cooperation between the organization and the Eurasian country.
In the meeting, held at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, Deputy Minister Ryabkov commended the OAS’s role as mediator in resolving conflicts in the region, especially the efforts made after the coup d’état in Honduras in 2009, as well as in the crisis between Colombia and Ecuador in 2008. In this regard, he affirmed that such work "is proof of the organization’s importance and relevance."
The Russian Deputy Minister also mentioned the areas to which his country assigns greater priority in its relationship with the Western hemisphere, among which he mentioned the electoral processes, the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime. In this regard the Minister advocated for making cooperation more substantive between the organization and his country, specifically in the programs developed by the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD). He also encouraged the participation of the OAS in the meetings taking place in Europe and Asia in the field of the fight against drugs, and he extended his country’s offer to work with the OAS in the area of training and professionalism of police officers.
The Secretary General thanked the Russian government's interest in deepening its cooperation with the OAS, beyond the permanent observer role it has held since 1992, and expressed the Organization’s desire to participate in the international meetings mentioned. He also offered the opportunity to exchange best practices on issues of electoral observation with Russia in view of the upcoming March presidential elections.
Other matters on the agenda of the meeting included the nature, importance, and competence of the various regional and subregional organizations, and the expectations and efforts of the OAS in support of the reconstruction of Haiti.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.