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 Secretary General Meets with Panama’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
February 23, 2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, Francisco Alvarez de Soto, with whom he spoke about the support that the hemispheric institution has provided to the country on issues such as human rights and development, among others.
At the meeting, held at the organization’s headquarters in Washington DC, Vice Minister Alvarez de Soto, said that the OAS is a priority in his country’s foreign policy and said that "the organization is has probed and showed to be the hemispheric political forum for excellence that still remains valid and effective."
The Vice Minister also thanked the call made for “"a respectful dialogue to achieve reconciliation and peace" in resolving the situation with the indigenous groups in Panama issued by the Secretary General.
The Secretary General Insulza, meanwhile, welcomed the offer expressed by the Government of Panama to host the Seventh Summit of the Americas in 2015, an issue to be ratified by the Heads of State and Government at the next VI Summit to be held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) in April.
Other topics discussed at the meeting included the development and growth projects of the Panamanian government, the importance of establishing mechanisms to protect human rights, the country's energy future and the possible collaboration of the OAS in the distribution of land titles. The Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS, Guillermo Cochez was also present at the meeting.
A gallery of photos of the event will be available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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