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.
NEW OAS REPRESENTATIVE ACCREDITED TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
May 2, 2008
The new Organization of American States (OAS) Representative in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Riyad Insanally, has presented his letter of accreditation to that country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paula Gopee-Scoon.
In a formal call on the Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Port of Spain on Tuesday, Dr. Insanally conveyed the greetings of OAS Secretary General. José Miguel Insulza and the Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin, and pledged to carry out his obligations as OAS Representative to the best of his abilities.
Insanally stated that, in addition to his normal duties of OAS Representative, he had been entrusted with the task of supporting the efforts of the OAS General Secretariat as it worked with the Trinidad and Tobago government towards the success of the 5th Summit of the Americas to be held in Port-of-Spain, in April 2009. Insanally told the Minister: “I look forward to working closely with both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Secretariat for the 5th Summit and I wish to reiterate the commitment of the Secretary General and the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS to supporting the government of Trinidad and Tobago at every step of the process.”
In welcoming Dr. Insanally to Trinidad and Tobago, Minister Gopee-Scoon said: “Trinidad and Tobago is firmly committed to a successful 5th Summit, and I am pleased with the support of the OAS and indeed, of all the member states.” She added that she was looked forward to reporting on advances made in the Summit preparations at the next Ministerial Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group on June 3, during the 38th OAS General Assembly, in Medellín, Colombia.
Prior to his appointment, Riyad Insanally was an adviser to the OAS Assistant Secretary General. A national of Guyana, Insanally has also served as a Senior Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana, as a political adviser to the first two Secretaries General of the Association of Caribbean States and as Guyana’s Sugar Representative in Europe. He studied Modern Languages and Latin American Studies and holds the MA and MPhil degrees from the University of Cambridge, and received his PhD from Harvard. He is married with two children.