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: Guatemalan Prison Deaths Underscore Urgency of Gang Crisis
August 16, 2005
The violent attacks and riots that took place yesterday in several Guatemalan prisons underscore the need for the countries of the region to address the increasing problems related to organized crime and gangs, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, said today.
Insulza expressed condolences to the families of the 31 inmates who lost their lives in the violence and said the incidents should serve as a wake-up call about the seriousness and geographical scope of the problem.
“For the countries of Central America, in particular, gang-related violence has become an urgent security problem with deep social and economic consequences,” he said. “The member states have placed this high on the security agenda of the OAS and are examining how they can work together more closely to address this difficult issue.”
At the recent session of the OAS General Assembly, held in June, the region’s foreign ministers called for hemispheric cooperation, including greater information exchange, to deal with gang-related problems.
The OAS Permanent Council is expected to discuss this issue at its meeting scheduled for August 25.
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