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.
FRANCE CONTRIBUTES TO OAS HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION IN HAITI
March 12, 2004
The government of France announced today a $150,000 contribution to help the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) promote and monitor human rights and economic, social and cultural rights in Haiti this year. The donation will also boost the efforts of the Organization of American States (OAS) human rights body to promote freedom of expression and the rights of women and children in Haiti.
Ambassador Sylvie Alvarez, the French Permanent Observer to the OAS, announced the donation during a brief ceremony with IACHR President José Zalaquett and Vice Chairman Clare Roberts, the latter also the Commission’s Rapporteur for Haiti. The ceremony followed a press conference that concluded the Commission’s three-week 119th regular session.
In supporting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the French government is demonstrating “its full confidence in this most important body of the Organization of American States,” Ambassador Alvarez asserted, praising the agency’s “major role in the defense of human rights in the Americas.”
She went on to explain, “It is also a gesture of political meaning: the defense and promotion of human rights and freedom of expression are, indeed, a priority of the government I represent.”
Expressing appreciation, Zalaquett stressed that “France’s support for the Commission’s efforts will certainly enhance human rights protection throughout the Americas, particularly in Haiti. The current crisis there has made the Commission more engaged than ever.”
For his part, Roberts reiterated the human rights commission’s position that Haiti desperately needs the support of the international community. “I am pleased, therefore, to see that the French government has answered our call in this respect.”