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.
Responding to the effects of massive floods that have lashed the nation of Suriname, the Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed concern and solidarity, saying it continues to monitor the situation to see how it can best assist that member state.
Heavy rains since the beginning of May have inundated the Surinamese interior. About 25,000 people are reported to have been affected by the rising water levels, with the most severe damage occurring in the southwest and center of the country. Parts of southern Suriname, including along the Upper Suriname River and Tapahony, Lawa and Marowijne rivers, have been declared disaster areas.
Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin said today that the OAS has been consulting with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and other hemispheric and international institutions to determine how best disaster relief can be coordinated and delivered to the areas in most urgent need.
Ambassador Ramdin added that the OAS has also been in contact with President Ronald Venetiaan and senior authorities in Suriname to ascertain the extent of the destruction and to identify the most urgent areas of need. He added that the Organization is also looking to see what other assistance it may be able to render.
During today’s regular session of the OAS Permanent Council—chaired by St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ambassador Ellsworth John—Suriname’s Alternate Representative to the OAS, Rabinder Lala, gave an update on the situation in his country. The member states’ representatives, meanwhile, conveyed support in particular for those affected, as Suriname grapples with the challenges posed by this latest natural disaster.