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 MISSION CHIEF REPORTS ON COLOMBIA PEACE PROCESS
March 31, 2004
Reaffirming their support for the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia, the OAS member countries pledged to seek additional support from their governments to help Colombia move forward with the reincorporation of illegally armed groups and in the verification process.
At the Permanent Council meeting March 31, Mission Chief Sergio Caramagna (Spanish Only) provided member states with his first update since the OAS and the Colombian government signed the agreement in January. He described the Mission’s role as entirely technical—rather than political—underwritten with external funding. He said the Mission is now putting together an international strategy to secure the necessary funds.
He said the Mission’s broad mandate entails more than demobilizing paramilitary groups and, “should the opportunity arise, it could include as well a process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC in Spanish) and the National Liberation Army (ELN).” According to Caramagna, “the Mission is operating with total independence, autonomy and freedom,” taking an integrated approach based on support for the community, rebuilding confidence among Colombians, and respect for human rights and justice.
As for concerns and “a certain amount of resistance” from the international community, particularly at the initial stage, the Mission Chief said a recent survey showed 70 per cent of Colombians support the process, despite doubts and challenges. Caramagna noted that “It is not perfect, but represents progress.”
OAS Secretary General César Gaviria stressed the important role of the hemispheric Organization, noting it “does not entail mediating peace or commenting on laws being drafted by the Congress,” but is a matter of interest to the OAS because “both the Colombian Congress and government should ensure openness regarding what categories of crimes are to be pardoned.”
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