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 BY OAS SECRETARY GENERAL JOSÉ MIGUEL INSULZA ON MURDER OF GUYANESE MINISTER
April 25, 2006
The following statement was issued by José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), upon receiving news of the slaying on April 22 of the Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, Satyadeow Sawh:
“It is with regret and a deep sense of loss that we at the OAS learned of the slaying of the Honorable Satyadeow Sawh, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, members of his family and security guard on Saturday, April 22.
“On behalf of the OAS, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Minister Sawh and other victims of the attack, and to the government and people of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana over the loss of this dedicated servant of the nation and others in his company. The OAS further wishes a full and speedy recovery to the injured survivors.
“The OAS strongly condemns this heinous act and calls on the appropriate authorities to engage in an immediate and thorough investigation to identify, apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators of this crime to the maximum extent under the law.”