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.
INSULZA EXPRESSES SATISFACTION FOR RELEASE OF COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES
February 27, 2008
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, expressed his satisfaction for the release of Gloria Polanco, Orlando Beltrán, Luis Eladio Pérez and Jorge Eduardo Géchem, Colombian citizens handed over this afternoon by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to the International Red Cross during an operation carried out in the Colombian jungle. He said that “although no one will be able to forget the cruelty and uselessness of their prolonged captivity, their liberty brings us joy and provides hope for new releases.”
Insulza highlighted the “the fundamental role of the International Red Cross, the positive resolve demonstrated by the Government of Colombia to facilitate the release operative in its territory, as well as the valuable gestures of the Venezuelan Government in the negotiations that lead to this result.”
He added that the outcome of this process “highlights that the pressure exerted by the people of Colombia and the international community, achieves beneficial results that although are not sufficient, constitute progress towards the objective of obtaining the freedom of all hostages.”
Finally, he underscored the Organization’s commitment, “to support any initiative which would help bring about an integral solution to this serious humanitarian crisis,” assuring that progress “towards lasting peace in that sister nation,” can be achieved through these means.
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