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 Recognizes the Guatemalan Marimba as Cultural Heritage of the Americas
February 13, 2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, delivered the distinction "Cultural Heritage of the Americas" to the Guatemalan government, in honor of the marimba, the national instrument of the country, at a ceremony held Thursday in the Hall of the Americas, at the headquarters of the institution in Washington, DC.
In the presence of Minister of Culture and Sports of Guatemala, Dwith Pezzarossi; the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marta Estrada; the Deputy Minister of Culture, Clariza Castellanos; and other authorities and representatives of the diplomatic corps, Secretary General Insulza said that this recognition corresponds to expressions of culture rooted in daily lives and feelings that become identified with a country and its people. Thus, as happened four years ago with Peruvian cuisine, the OAS has identified a perfect symbiosis between the art of marimba and the people of Guatemala.
Prior to the ceremony, which concluded with a marimba concert, Secretary General Insulza held a bilateral meeting with Minister Pezzarossi, in which both highlighted the importance of the instrument in the cultural heritage of Guatemala and the peoples of the region.
The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister Estrada, Deputy Minister Castellanos, the Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the OAS, José María Argueta, the Chief of Staff of the OAS Secretary General, Hugo de Zela, and the OAS Secretary for External Affairs, Alfonso Quiñonez.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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