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.
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT THANKS OAS FOR UNCONDITIONAL SOLIDARITY
March 25, 2004
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez has again thanked the Organization of American States for its “unconditional solidarity” in supporting Colombia’s peace process and the hemispheric war on terrorism and arms and drug trafficking as well as its firm steps to bring transparency to the public service and consolidate the democratic process in the Americas.
“The OAS’ involvement in efforts to bring about peace in Colombia will help remove certain agents of instability in my country: helping the process helps promote peace in Colombia,” Uribe told a protocolary session of the OAS Permanent Council today, referring to the agreement his government signed with the OAS to help mobilize and reincorporate illegal armed groups into society.
The Colombian leader called on the international community to stand firm against terrorism in the region and the world at large. He reaffirmed his determination to rid Colombia of terrorism by eliminating illegal weapons. “Some 90 per cent of crimes in Colombia are committed with illegal, contraband weapons,” he said.
“Terrorists respect no borders—for them, there is no sister state. Instead, they take advantage of any weakness to strengthen themselves,” Uribe stressed, explaining that Colombia is engaged in an all-out war because “the hemisphere needs to regain confidence in us.”
Turning to collaboration with the OAS through the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), President Uribe cited efforts to fight the illegal crop production and trade.
Secretary General César Gaviria welcomed the President, underscoring the Organization’s readiness to assist Colombia’s peace process. “The OAS understands that peace will be attained little by little in Colombia. It is unrealistic to wait for every single player to be at the table to try to help Colombia’s peace,” he said, adding, “As we all know, these are very complex and very difficult processes. They always come with doubts, hesitation and uncertainty, but we cannot escape our responsibility to help Colombia.”
The Permanent Council’s Chairman, Canada’s Ambassador Paul Durand, cited OAS resolutions supporting Colombia, calling them “clear indications of support to bring about a peace that has hitherto been elusive.”
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