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.
"Both personally and on behalf of the member countries of the Organization of American States, I would like to express our profound sorrow and indignation over the cowardly attack against the United Nations in Baghdad. Those who gave their lives were working in the service of humanity, and their loss touches not only their families and their countries, but indeed the world. We especially feel the loss of the great Brazilian diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello, a true international civil servant who tirelessly defended human rights and dignity. We would also like to express our condolences to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and offer him our continued support of his efforts to strengthen peace and security around the world.
"Once again we have been reminded of the horrors of terrorism, which has taken such a terrible and unprecedented toll in the last two years – from Israel to Indonesia, from Baghdad to Bogotá. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the OAS member states have increased their cooperation against terrorism and have renewed their commitment to defeat this scourge. Every attack, whether it is against United Nations relief workers or civilians on a Jerusalem bus, represents an attack against all who love peace and freedom."