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.
Joint Statement by the Secretaries General of the Organization of American States and the Community of Democracies
November 23, 2023
The continued attempts by the Public Ministry in Guatemala to undermine the results of the August 20, 2023 elections constitute a severe violation of democratic norms and principles.
The request to withdraw the immunity of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President-elect Karin Herrera occurs in the context of ongoing efforts by the Public Ministry to undermine the election results and the ongoing, lawful transition process.
The right of those duly elected to form a government and assume office, as well as the obligation of an elected government to refrain from extra-constitutional actions and respect the results, and relinquish power when its legal mandate ends, are clearly stated in Principles 14 and 15 of the Warsaw Declaration, the Community of Democracies founding document.
Holding periodic, free, and fair elections based on secret balloting and universal suffrage as an expression of the people's sovereignty, separation of powers, and independence of branches of government are essential elements of representative democracy, as stated in Article 3 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
As Secretaries General of the Community of Democracies and the Organization of American States, we reiterate our earlier calls on the Guatemalan government to support the transition process in the context of the existent agreements, the constitution and respect of the sovereign will of the Guatemalan people. We also acknowledge the progress made in the context of the transition.
We urge the Guatemalan authorities to uphold the values and principles as stated in the Warsaw Declaration and the Inter-American Democratic Charter, documents to which Guatemala has stated its adherence, and refrain from attempts to reverse the outcome of legitimate elections and guarantee and respect the presidential transition process.
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