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.
IN MEETING WITH BAHAMAS PRIME MINISTER, OAS SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSSES SITUATION IN CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA
March 19, 2008
Meeting at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington on March 19, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham of the Bahamas and Secretary General José Miguel Insulza reviewed the situation of Haiti and OAS programs there, in particular those concerned with institutional strengthening and capacity-building. They also restated their commitment to helping to bring about stability for Haitians.
As well, they touched on efforts to help settle the recent conflict between Ecuador and Colombia—and the invaluable OAS mediation that helped head off the political and diplomatic crisis.
Other officials in attendance at the meeting included OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin and Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the OAS Ambassador Cornelius A. Smith, who is also Chairman of the Permanent Council.
Smith had accompanied the Secretary General on the recent OAS fact-finding Special Mission to Ecuador and Colombia following the March 1 incident on the border shared by those two countries. The Bahamian Permanent Representative and Assistant Secretary General Ramdin also has led an OAS delegation on a February 14 to 17 visit to Haiti, to follow up on OAS projects there and for a first-hand view of the country’s current political situation.
In his meeting with the Prime Minister, Secretary General Insulza lauded the role of the Bahamas in promoting political and social stability in Haiti and for actively participating in the Commission that went to Ecuador and Colombia from March 8 to 12. The Bahamian diplomat was also part of the special OAS group that met with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe and members of their respective governments as well as military high command.