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 PERMANENT COUNCIL SUPPORTS COLOMBIA PEACE PROCESS
February 6, 2004
The member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) today affirmed their “unequivocal support” for the efforts of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe’s government to find a firm and lasting peace in that country. They expressed their willingness to support his efforts to seek reconciliation among Colombians, within the framework of the rule of law.
In the resolution adopted by consensus, the OAS Permanent Council authorized the establishment of a Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (known by its Spanish acronym, MAPP/OEA). The mission will provide verification and technical support for the process of demobilizing and disarming illegal armed groups and reintegrating them into society.
Canada’s Ambassador Paul Durand chaired the Permanent Council meeting, where representatives of 34 countries emphasized that the OAS commitment to monitor the peace process should be “fully consistent with the obligations of its member states with respect to the effective exercise of human rights and international humanitarian law.” They invited the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) “to provide advice to the Mission.”
The resolution adopted today is based on the principles and values established in the OAS Charter and in the Inter-American Democratic Charter, adopted in September 2001. It also emphasizes the importance of “the principles of truth, justice, accountability, and reparation to victims in laying the foundations for lasting peace in Colombia.”
Responding to concerns raised by a number of delegations, the OAS Secretary General’s Chief of Staff, Fernando Jaramillo, explained that funding for the OAS mission in Colombia would be obtained through voluntary contributions and not from OAS resources.
At the close of the session, Colombia’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Horacio Serpa, thanked the Permanent Council and the inter-American system for their commitment to the peace process in his country and assured them that Colombia would not violate their trust.
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