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.
El Salvador: OAS Secretary General Urges Respect for Independence of State Powers
October 21, 2016
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, today called for an end to pressures and verbal attacks against the Supreme Court of Justice and the Attorney General of El Salvador, which he called "a serious threat to the independence of powers in the Central American country."
In this context, Almagro called on the leaders of the various political forces to "moderate the current rhetoric which leads to confrontation, stop the pressures, moderate positions and stop promoting protests that put the independence of powers at risk, as well as the security of their communities and the stability of the country."
At the same time, he urged all sectors, in particular the ARENA party and the government to "open a dialogue that leads promptly to a long-term solution to the fragile economic situation of the country that puts its position vis-a-vis international financial organs at risks, which could bring uncertain situations for the country and the region."
Recently, the Salvadoran institutional system has been shaken by conflicts between state powers that have generated, among other problems, uncertainty regarding the financing of the national budget.