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.
OAS AND PARTNERS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
April 21, 2006
The Organization of American States (OAS) is participating in a new campaign to promote awareness about the transnational crime of human trafficking and to encourage citizens to exchange information and report this type of crime.
OAS partners in this effort include the Inter-American Children’s Institute and Save the Children Switzerland, as well as a Latin American network for reporting missing persons (Red Latinoamericanos Desaparecidos, RLD) and a center that combats human smuggling, trafficking and exploitation (Centro Interamericano contra la Desaparición, Explotación, Trata y Tráfico).
Through a Web page that is now online (www.denuncialatrata.org), people can report trafficking cases that they know about or are going through themselves. The report goes directly to the police of the particular country, ensuring that authorities can respond efficiently, in coordination with other agencies.
“This project will help to centralize efforts that were already underway in several countries and ensure a more effective response to the problem of human exploitation, smuggling and trafficking,” said Phillip Linderman, the OAS Anti-Trafficking in Persons Coordinator. His office, which is part of the OAS Subsecretariat of Multidimensional Security, promotes hemispheric cooperation to combat this type of crime.
According to U.S. State Department estimates, every year between 800,000 and 900,000 people are trafficked across borders worldwide, without taking into account internal trafficking within countries. An estimated 80% of the victims are women and children, and nearly half are underage. The majority are victims of sexual exploitation.
The new Web site defines and explains the crime of trafficking in persons, as part of an effort to promote awareness and prevention. One key element of this initiative is the cooperative relationship with authorities in charge of handling such cases. Thus far, police in eight Latin American countries, as well as Belize and Puerto Rico, participate in the reporting network. The person filing the report has the option to remain anonymous.
According to Linderman, the RLD reporting network has been successful, and the citizen reports have helped law enforcement authorities. Through this network, 11,832 reports of disappearances have been filed, and more than 7,500 of those reported missing have been found. The network has also received 205 reports of brothels that used minors and 46 cases of child pornography, among other cases.
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