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 Working Group on Nicaragua of the Permanent Council of the OAS
December 20, 2018
Statement of the Working Group on Nicaragua of the Permanent Council of the OAS
Working Group condemns the decision of the Government of Nicaragua to suspend the presence of IACHR mechanisms in Nicaragua
The Working Group on Nicaragua of the Permanent Council of the OAS,
Expresses its strongest condemnation of the decision of the Government of Nicaragua to suspend the presence of the Special Follow-up Mechanism for Nicaragua (MESENI), and visits of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), as well as the unilateral and abrupt decision to terminate the term, objective and mission of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI).
Strongly condemns the persecution in recent weeks of human rights organizations, in particular through their criminalization and the cancellation of legal status, as well as the repeated violations of the freedom of expression of journalists and the media in Nicaragua.
Reiterates its concern over the obstacles that MESENI and the GIEI have continually faced in carrying out their respective mandates and the failure of Nicaragua to comply with the agreements established with both mechanisms and the IACHR.
Urges the Nicaraguan Government to reconsider its decision and allow the international human rights mechanisms of both the OAS and the United Nations to return to the country and ensure all the guarantees necessary to enable them to carry out their mandate independently, as well as their unrestricted access to detention centers and public institutions and to fully comply with all the precautionary measures granted by the IACHR.
Expresses its support for the work of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Nicaragua and, in particular, for the continuation of the work of MESENI from IACHR headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Reaffirms its solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and with human rights defenders, social communicators, victims, political prisoners and their families.
Reiterates its willingness to continue working with a view to having a constructive, peaceful, and sincere dialogue with the Government of Nicaragua.