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.
Secretary General Insulza Reaffirms Commitment of the OAS to Freedom of Expression on World Press Freedom Day
May 3, 2013
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today welcomed World Press Freedom Day and reiterated his commitment and that of the hemispheric institution to the right to freedom of expression and information.
Insulza said that "there can be no true democracy without freedom of expression," and insisted that "the defense and promotion of democracy is one of the pillars of the OAS and a fundamental right for the development of our societies."
The OAS leader highlighted that "in the region, and perhaps all over the world, there are still challenges to overcome regarding freedom of expression: the violence perpetrated against journalists, government obstacles to freedom of expression and excessive concentration of media ownership."
"At its core,” said the OAS Secretary General, “press freedom is respect for the right to disagree, for pluralism which should exist in our societies made up of people of different political, philosophical or religious beliefs; and for the differences that exist in a healthy democracy." On this line of thought, he added that "our efforts should aim to build societies that enjoy these rights without fear of retaliation."
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