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 Deploys Electoral Observation Mission for the Second Round of Presidential Elections in Colombia
June 10, 2022
The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the second round of the presidential elections to be held in Colombia on June 19 today began to arrive in the country in a staggered manner. This is the 22nd Mission that the OAS has deployed in the country and the 300th in its history.
The Chief of Mission and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay, Eladio Loizaga, will be present at the beginning of next week. Loizaga also headed the Mission for the first electoral round on May 29 and the legislative elections last March.
The Mission is composed of more than 80 specialists and international observers of 28 different nationalities and will have a wide territorial deployment in the different departments of the country. Over the next few days, the members of the Mission will meet with electoral and government authorities, political leaders, and representatives of civil society and other actors. The OAS technicians will will observe, among other activities, the tests of the computer systems of the pre-count and vote tally. After the elections, the Mission will present – as it did following the first round-a preliminary report with its observations and recommendations to contribute to the strengthening of electoral processes in Colombia.