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.
GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTER PROPOSES
OAS EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM
March 17, 2003
Guatemala’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgar Gutiérrez has urged the Organization of American States to set up an early-warning system to alert citizens ahead of any potential crisis. Under the mechanism, the OAS would also provide assistance to prevent crises.
Addressing a special Permanent Council meeting in Washington today, the Guatemalan Foreign Minister said “the OAS is well-placed to help governments and leaders alert their citizens on trends that point to a looming crisis.”
Under the proposal, the OAS would act in a “discreet advisory role” helping government leaders take decisions, avoid others, or facilitate dialogue with interested parties on common objectives around preventing a destabilizing crisis. The proposed system would be geared towards dynamic governance by generating systematic and up-to-date information on the economic, social, political and institutional process of each country. “This early-warning system would also produce specific proposals for decision-oriented action by the Executive Branch in member countries.”
Foreign Minister Gutiérrez also touched on ongoing crises in the Americas, and noted that the problems surrounding democratic governance are top priority on the hemispheric agenda.
Citing the campaign against impunity and recurring human rights violations in his country, the Foreign Minister said that this past March 13 President Portillo’s government signed an agreement with the Human Rights Prosecutor to establish a committee to investigate illegal and underground security groups and networks.
Welcoming the Guatemalan dignitary, the OAS Permanent Council Chairman, Guatemala’s Ambassador to the OAS Víctor Hugo Godoy Morales, commended Minister Gutiérrez’ foreign policy leadership, the cornerstone of which he underscored as fully honoring the nation’s international commitments.
Godoy Morales continued: “Other issues involve fostering processes and action to advance peace agreements, the obvious concern over respect for human rights, and improved security for citizens.”
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