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.
REGIONALISM KEY TO FUTURE, OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL PREDICTS
July 30, 2003
In today’s complex global environment, regional organizations can provide the most effective forum for international action, the Assistant Secretary General of the of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi, said.
Speaking today at a breakfast forum about the OAS, sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Einaudi said the countries of the Americas have made significant, practical strides in recent years by working at regional and sub-regional levels, a strategy he described as “building on neighborhoods.”
One significant accomplishment, he said, has been the development of a “gradual, regional jurisprudence on democracy,” with the OAS member states recognizing that human rights are not just of national concern, but a common hemispheric obligation. He also highlighted OAS progress in confronting the problems of drugs and terrorism, helping resolve conflicts among member states and removing landmines.
Chile’s Ambassador to the OAS, Esteban Tomic, said the Organization has been “enriched” in recent decades by the addition of Canada and the Caribbean countries, which have brought new values and perspectives. He said he believed the momentum toward a Free Trade Area of the Americas will inevitably bring about a demand for greater political integration. “Commerce and trade bring a whole new political reality,” Tomic said.
For his part, Phil McLean, Deputy Director of the CSIS’ Americas Program, had several criticisms of the OAS, from disproportionate dependence on U.S. funding to unwise use of what resources it does have. All the speakers agreed that a shortage of resources represented a major handicap for the Organization.
Among those attending the forum were several ambassadors to the OAS, representatives of non-governmental organizations and members of the private sector.
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