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 and Guatemala Train Officials to Dispose of Chemicals
January 25, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Guatemala today concluded a training courseon the disposal of chemicals for a group of 44 Guatemalan officials to be assigned to address the problem.
The OAS Department of Public Security, through the Program of Assistance for the Control of Arms and Ammunition (PACAM), worked this week with Guatemalan authorities in the training of officials serving in the Ministry of Interior, the National Police, the National Institute of Forensic Science (INACIF), the Public Ministry, the Executive Secretariat of the Commission against Addictions and Illicit Drug Trafficking (SECCATID) and the Judiciary.
The course aimed to ensure officials could effectively and safely transport, store, handle and destroy the chemical substances seized by the government of Guatemala.
The training was held in the Auditorium of the General Department of Counternarcotics Analysis and Information (SGAIA) in Guatemala City, and was carried out under a project funded by the State Department of the United States, and implemented by the OAS to assist the government in the safe disposal of seized substances. After the workshop ended, and for the next six months, the Guatemalan authorities will carry out activities to eliminate a significant amount of the chemicals seized.
Guatemala has seized more than 3,000 tons of chemicals that are used as inputs in the preparation of synthetic drugs that also constitute a threat to people and the environment of the countries of the region. The progress made and resources invested to address the problem place the authorities of Guatemala at the forefront of the search systematic solutions to the problem of the accumulation of chemicals in the region.
The OAS, through its Department of Public Security, seeks to strengthen national capacities in removing chemicals seized through technical and logistical support to the countries of the region that request support.