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.
Statement of the OAS General Secretariat on World Refugee Day
June 20, 2020
On World Refugee Day, we urge everyone to recognize the dignity and resilience of millions of people around the world who have been forced to leave their homes. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at the end of 2019 at least 79.5 million people had been forcibly displaced worldwide. According to UNHCR's Global Trends in Forced Displacement study, at the end of 2019 the countries of the Americas included:
701,652 refugees
1,902,133 asylum seekers
3,582,203 displaced Venezuelans
8,295,002 internally displaced persons
On World Refugee Day we reiterate our commitment from the Organization of American States (OAS) to continue working with our member states and observers, with our partners such as UNHCR Americas, civil society organizations, and the refugees and displaced persons themselves for their protection and the achievement of beneficial solutions for all.
One situation is of particular concern to us in the region with regard to refugees. As of June 2020, nearly 5.1 million Venezuelans have been forced to move to other countries. This is the second largest crisis of forced displacement after that of Syria. The situation of Venezuelan forced displaced persons joins other crises of forced displacement in the region, such as Central America. From the OAS we will continue to pay special attention to these situations, and work in favor of refugees and forcibly displaced persons from Venezuela and Central America.
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