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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Chief of the OAS Electoral Mission for the General Elections in Brazil Arrives in the Country
October 26, 2022
The Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the second round of the general elections in Brazil, former Foreign Minister of Paraguay Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, arrives today in Brasilia to join the team of the OAS that will observe the October 30 elections.
The Mission, made up of 56 observers and specialists of 17 nationalities, will be present in 15 states and the Federal District and will observe the vote abroad in the United States, France and Portugal.
During its work in the country, the OAS team will meet with electoral and government authorities, political parties, representatives of civil society, and other actors, in order to learn their impressions on different aspects of the electoral process in progress.
At the end of its observation work, the OAS will present a preliminary report with findings and recommendations with the aim of contributing to the electoral system in Brazil.
This is the sixth time that the OAS has deployed an Electoral Mission in Brazil.