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.
GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT ASKS OAS TO NAME
REPRESENTATIVE TO COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
April 11, 2003
Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo today formally asked the Organization of American States to appoint a representative to a commission of inquiry that will look into illegal and underground armed groups and syndicates operating in the Central American country.
Speaking at OAS Headquarters in Washington, the Guatemalan leader explained that his government was committed to addressing the challenges posed by illegal groups “that are preventing effective enforcement of the rule of law in Guatemala.”
Noting the commission would be established within 90 days, President Portillo said “this is not an easy decision. But it is a necessary and right decision if we intend to consolidate peace, democracy and the rule of law in Guatemala.”
He said his term in office ends this year, with elections set for November, and his government has asked the OAS to send a team of observers to monitor the entire process, which begins with the announcement by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal next month. “We want the OAS to monitor the entire electoral process because although Latin America has almost entirely overcome the specter of fraud, we must still ensure that governments are transparent and fair and that people can vote in an atmosphere of absolute freedom and without fear.”
Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi welcomed President Portillo, saying he was pleased with the Guatemalan government’s recent engagement with human rights groups and the Ombudsman, to establish the commission to investigate the underground security groups. “We hope the commission will help us prevent future human rights violations. We join President Portillo in recognizing the important role played by Human Rights Watch and its Executive Director for the Americas, José Miguel Vivanco.”
Einaudi said Secretary General César Gaviria “had indicated that he would carry out the request as soon as possible and name a recognized expert to the commission.”
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