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 Organized Workshop on Firearms Marking in El Salvador
March 21, 2013
As part of the project "Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean," the Organization of American States (OAS), through its Program of Assistance for the Control of Arms and Destruction of Munitions, held a training workshop on using firearms marking machines for the members of the Ministry of Defense of El Salvador.
The training took place in the city of San Salvador and was directed at military and civilian staff from the departments of Santa Ana, San Miguel and San Salvador that are directly involved in the work of marking weapons.
In 2011, the OAS, with the support of the United States government, donated four marking machines and tools, as well as four computers to facilitate the process of storing data on marked weapons. This time, participants were trained to use the machines for micro-percussion marking, including calibration, data configuration, storage and technical procedures related to the marking.
With this initiative, the OAS continues the effort of cooperation and technical support to the national authorities of the different countries in the region in order to combat illicit arms trafficking, as established in the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials (CIFTA).
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.