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.
At OAS, Panama and Dominica Establish Diplomatic Relations
March 15, 2012
The Republic of Panama and the Commonwealth of Dominica today officially signed at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, an agreement to establish diplomatic relations. With OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza in attendance as witness of honor, the Permanent Representatives of Dominica and Panama to the OAS, Hubert J. Charles and Guillermo A. Cochez respectively signed the documents setting up ambassadorial level relations between the two countries.
After signing, Panamanian Ambassador Cochez commented on why the two countries had not signed such an agreement before: “For a strange and not clear reason, our countries had not until now established diplomatic relations. I say strange because Panama and Dominica are sister nations. From the very start of Panama’s foundation, we shared with all the Caribbean nations, and in this case Dominica, unique bonds that have shaped our relations, our culture, and so many aspects of our people.”
For his part, Dominican Ambassador Charles said the agreement not only strengthens his country’s relations with Panama, but that it “establishes the viability of partnerships as a viable tool in the national arsenal”. He noted that, 34 years after joining the OAS, Dominica plans to have established diplomatic relations with all Member States by the end of 2012. Ambassador Charles praised the work of the Panamanian Ambassador in bringing about the agreement, saying “I give him the assurance that this is not the end, but the end of the beginning; and we will do our part to ensure that it results in strengthened social, cultural and economic ties between our two countries”.
A gallery of photos of the event will be available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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