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.
US REPRESENTANTIVES LAUNCH OAS CAUCUS TO BRING THE US AND THE REGION CLOSER
April 2, 2009
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, met with US Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), who announced the launching of a new Caucus with the goal of actively seeking a new approach of the United States towards the State members of the regional institution.
Congressman Meeks took the initiative to launch the Caucus stating that “the time is ripe to shape a more productive relationship between the United States and our neighbors in the Americas”. Only two weeks before the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, “it is important to recall that these nations are our largest trading partners and their peoples share historical, cultural and family connections with the United States,” he said.
Secretary General Insulza enthusiastically embraced the idea and expressed his satisfaction for what he considered a sign “of the good relations between the OAS and the US Congress” in seeking a new approach towards the region. He also stated his hope that the Caucus created by Congressman Meeks “will be attended by many other members of Congress.”
Insulza added that “creating this informal group, which includes representatives from the Democratic and Republican parties looking for the US to get closer to its neighboring countries, is extraordinary and full of hope”. The Secretary General insisted that his “biggest hope” is that “a new Inter-American dialogue is opened.” “I have great confidence that this can be achieved with the arrival of President Obama to the White House.”
The US Permanent Representative to the OAS, Héctor Morales, said that the idea of the new Caucus is “terrific”, because “it raises awareness” in the US Congress “about what the OAS does, which is very important in the promotion of democracy and Human Rights, electoral observations, and also quite a bit in the area of development.”
At the OAS, the launching of a group including US Members of Congress and Permanent Representatives to the OAS has been considered as a real chance of a permanent dialogue between both institutions. The first planned activity of the Caucus will be a discussion hosted by the Secretary General to discuss the results of the Fifth Summit of the Americas.
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