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.
The new Canadian Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Graeme Clark, today presented his credentials to Secretary GeneralJosé Miguel Insulza, noting that he arrives at the regional organization at an “auspicious” time. “The fifth anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter provides an opportunity to reflect on the successes achieved by the OAS as well as the challenges facing it,” he said.
“If the Organization is to reach its full potential, we must look for new ways to address challenges to democracy within the hemisphere, to better promote human rights, and to play a leading role in promoting development, poverty reduction and social equality,” Clark said.
In accepting the diplomat’s credentials, the Secretary General said that although Canada is “the youngest of OAS member countries,” it has become a key player in the work of the Secretariat in the hemisphere. Insulza referred to “the devotion and enthusiasm with which your country has supported all aspects of work in our Organization, including the strengthening of democracy and such important areas as international electoral observations and response to crises,” adding that such support clearly demonstrates Canada’s commitment to the region.
The Secretary General emphasized that Canada played a fundamental role during the development of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, as well as throughout the Summit of the Americas process. “Canada has been a driving force in the Summits process,” Insulza said, adding that it was at the Quebec Summit that the countries of the region agreed to accelerate the process for developing and adopting the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which was signed a few months later.
The new Permanent Representative to Canada succeeds Ambassador Paul Durand, who received a heartfelt sendoff at the Permanent Council meeting last Wednesday. Clark’s diplomatic career includes representing his country as Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia from 1997 to 2001, among other posts. Prior to being assigned to the OAS, Ambassador Clark was the Director of the Media Relations Office at Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs. He has contributed to books on parliamentary reform and Latin America security questions.
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