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.
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert R. Ramdin, today brought to a close the first hemispheric meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons, which took place in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
During the four-day meeting in Margarita Island, representatives of the 34 OAS member countries studied issues related to exploitation, smuggling of human beings and other trafficking-related human rights violations, concluding with a comprehensive strategy to eliminate this international crime.
The conclusions and recommendations agreed on by the experts included measures on prevention; prosecution of perpetrators; protection and assistance for victims; and multilateral cooperation on the issue. These recommendations will be taken under consideration by the Ministers of Justice of the Americas at their April 24-26 meeting in the Dominican Republic.
Speaking to the plenary during the closing session, the OAS Assistant Secretary General said that human trafficking violates “universal human rights: the right to liberty and freedom from slavery in all its forms.”
Ramdin emphasized the need to continue working together to address the devastating effects of this crime, cautioning that “the issue demands not only the utmost attention from international community but also from the national authorities of our member states and all members of society.”
The Assistant Secretary General pointed out that the dialogue carried out during the last few days “underscores the importance for more effective legislation, prevention tools, assistance models, public policies and cooperation mechanisms among national and international partners striving to end human trafficking.”
This concept was included in the recommendations for member states to consider implementing, at the national level, all legislative measures designed to criminalize activities related to trafficking in persons, in accordance with the obligations set forth in the United Nations Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime.
Among those participating in the meeting were several high-level Venezuelan officials – including the Deputy Minister of Juridical Security, Rafael Jimenez Dan; the Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations for North America and Multilateral Affairs, Maria Pilar Hernandez; and Attorney General Isais Rodriguez – as well as representatives of civil society.
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