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 Permanent Council Resolution on the Situation in the Border Area Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
November 13, 2010
(Adopted at the meeting held on November 12, 2010)
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
RECALLING the steadfast commitment of Costa Rica and Nicaragua to peace in the region;
RECOGNIZING the need to generate confidence-building measures conducive to bilateral negotiations to overcome differences; and
HAVING SEEN AND ANALIZED the Report by the Secretary General on the course and outcome of his visit to Costa Rica and Nicaragua regarding the situation in the border area between both countries (CP/doc.4521/10) ; and
HAVING HEARD the statements by the representatives of Costa Rica and Nicaragua and recognizing their willingness to engage in dialogue,
RESOLVES:
1. To welcome and endorse the recommendations by the Secretary General entitled “Report by the Secretary General of the OAS on his visit to Costa Rica and Nicaragua” (CP/doc.4521/10) presented on November 9, 2010, with the objective that the Governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua adopt the recommendations proposed in that report, namely:
• Hold the Eighth Meeting of the Binational Commission in order to address as a matter of urgency aspects of the bilateral agenda as soon as possible and no later than the date originally agreed, with the assistance of the OAS.
• Immediately resume the talks on aspects concerning the demarcation of the boundary line done to date, in accordance with the treaties and decisions in force.
• In order to create a favorable climate for dialogue between the two nations, avoid the presence of military or security forces in the area, where their existence might rouse tension.
• Instruct the appropriate authorities to review and strengthen cooperation mechanisms between the two nations in order to prevent, control, and confront drug trafficking, organized crime, and arms trafficking in the border area.
2. To invite the parties to initiate simultaneously and without delay the processes referred to in the foregoing paragraph.
3. To request the Secretary General to continue exercising his good offices to facilitate the dialogue between the parties and to keep the Permanent Council informed in this regard.
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